Amar’e Stoudemire
Chalamet’s ‘The Subsequent Spike Lee’
… Wonderful Knicks Fan!!!
Revealed
TMZSports.com
Huge reward for Timothée Chalamet from Amar’e Stoudemire — the previous New York star tells TMZ Sports activities the actor’s been such Knicks fan, he is able to dub him “the following Spike Lee!!!”
Chalamet, in fact, has put his blue and orange assist on full show this spring — simply as Lee has carried out for years — attending Knicks video games frequently, and even showing to miss out on The Met Gala to catch considered one of New York’s postseason matchups in opposition to the Celtics.
Stoudemire informed us Tuesday he is seen all of it — particularly when he noticed it up-close at Madison Sq. Backyard throughout NY’s large Monday evening victory over Boston … and now, he is prepared to offer Chalamet his flowers.
“He is hardcore,” the ex-power ahead stated of the “Wonka” star. “He is, like, the following Spike Lee on the subject of Knicks diehard followers.”
Stoudemire — who first met Chalamet over a decade in the past and signed an autograph for him — stated the fandom really helps gamers on the court docket … noting, “We play our hearts out. We give the sport our every thing. And to see followers who actually respect that, it goes a good distance.”
“So, yeah,” he continued, “he is the following one in line for positive.”
Stoudemire was in a position to personally ship the message to Chalamet whereas they had been courtside at MSG — and stated they did briefly talk about their first meet-up all these years in the past.
“It was undoubtedly a good time to reconnect,” he informed us.
As for the fellows who really go well with up on the hardwood, Stoudemire had nothing however good issues to say about his previous staff — and he even gave them a little bit of pump-up speech forward of Wednesday’s pivotal Sport 5.
