Jalen Brunson dropped 45 points in Game 5 to seal the Knicks’ first title in 53 years. Then he dropped an F-bomb aimed at Victor Wembanyama while hoisting a drink in the locker room. And now, actor O’Shea Jackson Jr. is making sure everyone knows exactly why Brunson earned the right to vent.
The video that broke the internet Monday night shows Brunson, fresh off being named 2026 NBA Finals MVP, yelling “f**k Wemby” during a celebratory toast. Critics pounced. But Jackson, the son of Ice Cube and a known hoops head, wasn’t having it.
“When [you’re] 40 years old and your op is 22,” Jackson wrote in response to a fan criticizing the Knicks star. He then posted two clips that reframed the entire conversation. The first showed Wembanyama committing what many called dirty plays in the Finals — including tossing Brunson to the floor by the head and sliding under him on a three-point attempt in Game 5 that went uncalled. The second clip highlighted Brunson’s 61-point explosion against the Spurs in 2024, a game after which Wembanyama famously launched the game ball into the crowd, preventing Brunson from keeping a career memento.
“He does all this. Then you couldn’t shake my hand like a man after the loss,” Jackson said. “And y’all mad he said f**k him while drinking. Maaan get outta here.”
The beef between Brunson and Wembanyama simmered through the entire five-game series. It boiled over repeatedly. Wembanyama’s hard fouls and borderline dangerous plays — especially the landing-zone infringement in Game 5 — went without whistle. The Knicks, according to sources close to the team, felt the league missed calls that could have changed the tenor of the series.
Instead, New York made history. They erased a 29-point deficit in Game 4 at Madison Square Garden, the largest comeback in Finals history, and closed out the Spurs in Game 5 on the road. Brunson averaged 32.6 points for the series, scoring 41 of the Knicks’ 94 points in the clincher while hitting 13 of 15 free throws.
No New York team had won an NBA championship since 1973. The parade is set for Thursday in lower Manhattan. And while Brunson’s toast will live on as a viral moment, Jackson’s defense shifted the narrative from trash talk to unfinished business.
“Mad he said f**k him while drinking,” Jackson repeated. The message was unmistakable: watch the tape first.
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