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Film screenings, government hearings: New York wan...

ESPN · Jun 8, 2026, 2:16 PM

Key takeaways

  • On Wednesday, ahead of the Knicks' Game 1 victory, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani extended an invitation for Wembanyama to attend a city Commission on Government Efficiency hearing slated for June 10.
  • I m pleased to invite @Wemby to our second Commission on Government Efficiency hearing on Wednesday June 10th 5-8pm, where we ll be asking the public for their thoughts on how government can run better.
  • Wembanyama is fresh off a mammoth Western Conference finals series in which he averaged 27.3 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game.

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On Wednesday, ahead of the Knicks' Game 1 victory, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani extended an invitation for Wembanyama to attend a city Commission on Government Efficiency hearing slated for June 10. The catch? That hearing is in the books for 5 to 8 p.m., set to end just half an hour before Game 4's scheduled tipoff in Manhattan -- quite a few stops down the B Train from the hearing's Fordham University location in the Bronx.

I m pleased to invite @Wemby to our second Commission on Government Efficiency hearing on Wednesday June 10th 5-8pm, where we ll be asking the public for their thoughts on how government can run better. Would love to have you there for the whole time!

Wembanyama is fresh off a mammoth Western Conference finals series in which he averaged 27.3 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game. There's little arguing that any path to the Larry O'Brien Trophy for the Spurs comes with a serious role for the 7-foot-4 center. So New York and its leaders are doing all they can to slow him down with well-timed event invites.

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