Ben Stiller argues with NBA player-turned-analyst Richard Jefferson over Joel Embiid… a week after he defended the Knicks’ celebrity spat

Die-hard Knicks fan Ben Stiller didn’t mince his words when he called out NBA player-turned-analyst Richard Jefferson in his latest social media rant.

The actor criticized the ABC commentator midway through Game 4 of the Knicks’ first-round series against the 76ers on Sunday.

“Richard Jefferson says (Joel) Embiid doesn’t take calls and doesn’t commit fouls,” Stiller written the during the game, naming the 76ers center who was fouled for grabbing Mitchell Robinson’s ankle in Game 3.

Jefferson replied: “Benjamin, I love you but that’s not what I said.”

The Zoolander actor replied, “Respect Richard.” But Embiid gets so many calls. And the reference was to the only foul committed by Batum.

Ben Stiller called out Richard Jefferson in a social media rant this weekend

The NBA player turned analyst was on air during the Knicks’ game against the 76ers

He also added that Embiid “grabbed Mitch’s ankle and should have been ejected.”

The Knicks center was ruled out of Game 4 after suffering an injury during the game, and Jefferson admitted that Embiid should have received harsher punishment.

“I didn’t play that game but I agree with you,” replied the 17-year NBA veteran, before launching a sarcastic dig at the Meet the Parents star.

“Richard Jefferson claims (Joel) Embiid doesn’t take calls and doesn’t commit fouls,” Stiller wrote

“Benjamin, I love you but that’s not what I said,” Jefferson said of the 76ers center

“So you were referring to when we thought it was on Embiid but the VIDEO and REFS shown was on Batum and we corrected it and that bothered you? » he asked, alongside a GIF of Stiller’s appearance in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.

“Ps…he gets a lot of calls, as reigning MVPs often do,” Jefferson concluded.

Stiller, who is a fixture on the Knicks’ Celebrity Row, once roasted 76ers star Kelly Oubre Jr. after he claimed the A-listers sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden didn’t care about the team.

“They’re going to give celebrities these $100,000 worth of free tickets just to be there and not worry about the game,” Oubre said last week. “That’s what they do.”

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The actor’s hilarious response referenced his famous character, White Goodman, from the 2004 film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.

Stiller, a die-hard Knicks fan, said Embiid ‘should have been ejected’ in Game 3

Jefferson fired back: ‘He gets a lot of calls, as reigning MVPs often do’