NBA star Kyle Kuzma blasted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for “cosplaying” as president over his empty threat to arrest Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Milwaukee Bucks forward said online that Mamdani’s video address last week showed he is more concerned with “content” than running America’s biggest city.
“This is 2026. People cosplaying as things they don’t have the authority, the talent, or the track record to actually be. Just for content,” the NBA veteran posted on X Sunday afternoon in response to Mamdani’s clip.
“A mayor playing president. A founder playing operator. A content creator playing one-on-one thinking he’s a pro. A 25yr old with a ring light playing economist. Everyone auditioning. Nobody building,” he continued.
“Were [sic] raising a generation that learning the reward isn’t in doing the thing it’s in looking like you did the thing. The clip is the career. The pose is the product. The soundbite is the substitute for a life’s work,” he said, concluding with “Don’t fall for distractions.”
Mamdani posted a video on social media last week calling Netanyahu a “war criminal” for Israel’s actions in Gaza — but admitted he has no authority to arrest the Israeli leader during his trip to the Big Apple for the UN General Assembly in September.
The International Criminal Court [ICC], which the US does not recognize, issued a warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest in 2024 for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The socialist mayor said that despite his administration reviewing “every avenue available” to find a legal loophole to take Netanyahu into custody, they don’t have the authority.
The video statement came a day after President Trump vowed that Netanyahu “will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America,.”
