Brooklyn Nets fan dissed by de Blasio invites mayor to a game

A Brooklyn Nets fan who was dissed by a snarky Mayor de Blasio over the team’s performance says he has the perfect way for Hizzoner to make amends — come to a game with him.

“At this point, he needs to redeem himself — he should be right in front where the team can look him in the eye,’’ Queens resident Edwin Williams said of de Blasio, who grew up rooting for the Boston Celtics.

De Blasio landed in hot water earlier this month when Williams was trying to ask him a question about local traffic safety during a town-hall meeting in Belle Harbor — and the mayor interrupted him to rib him about why he was wearing a Nets jacket, considering the local NBA franchise has been among the league’s worst teams the past few seasons.

Williams, a 50-year-old engineer, told de Blasio that he supports the Nets because he is originally from Brooklyn.

De Blasio shot back, “I’m from Brooklyn too, but this Brooklyn Nets idea has not been working out as it was planned, so I admire you for sticking with them.”
The mayor’s clueless remarks immediately angered Nets fans.

They also didn’t make much sense. As a former neighborhood councilman a decade ago, de Blasio was a big booster of green-lighting the controversial Atlantic Yards development project that included the Nets’ new arena in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

The Nets have called de Blasio out over his remarks and invited him to see the team in person as it tries to rebuild.

“Hello, @NYCMayor. From one Brooklynite to another, you should know that we always have each other’s backs,” the Nets tweeted Dec. 6.

“Like all of NYC, we’re always grinding to get better. If you want to see some real grit, our doors are always open.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has even weighed in by defending the Nets’ 2012 move from New Jersey to Brooklyn.

Silver said the team’s switch was good for the borough because it helped jump-start economic development near its home court, the Barclays Center.

Williams said he is willing to shell out hundreds of dollars to buy tickets for him and de Blasio to sit behind the team’s bench at a game so the mayor can redeem himself with Nets Nation.

“As mayor of New York City, you should support all your teams, whether they’re winning or losing,” Williams said.

De Blasio spokesman Eric Phillips told The Post that the mayor is “happy the Nets are in Brooklyn” and “would be happy to go to a game with [Williams], so long as they sit in the cheap seats.’’

De Blasio’s town-hall diss should have come as no surprise to New Yorkers, seeing how the mayor has already managed to tick off Giants, Jets and Yankees fans with his unabashed love for New England sports teams, especially the Red Sox and Patriots.

While he was born in Manhattan, de Blasio’s parents later moved to Massachusetts and raised him in Cambridge. His claim that he’s “from Brooklyn, too” stems simply from the fact that he and wife Chirlane McCray own two houses in Park Slope, including one they lived in for more than a decade before moving into the mayoral Gracie Mansion in Manhattan in 2014.

De Blasio cemented his status as Public Enemy No. 1 to Yankee Nation in October when he refused to root for the Bronx Bombers during their unexpected playoff push.