Amar’e Stoudemire
Chalamet’s ‘The Subsequent Spike Lee’
… Wonderful Knicks Fan!!!
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Huge reward for Timothée Chalamet from Amar’e Stoudemire — the previous New York star tells TMZ Sports activities the actor’s been such a superb Knicks fan, he is able to dub him “the following Spike Lee!!!”
Chalamet, after all, has put his blue and orange help 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 one among New York’s postseason matchups towards 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 enormous Monday evening victory over Boston … and now, he is prepared to offer Chalamet his flowers.
“He’s hardcore,” the ex-power ahead mentioned of the “Wonka” star. “He’s, like, the next Spike Lee when it comes to Knicks diehard fans.”
Stoudemire — who first met Chalamet over a decade in the past and signed an autograph for him — mentioned the fandom really helps gamers on the court docket … noting, “We play our hearts out. We give the game our everything. And to see fans who really appreciate that, it goes a long way.”
“So, yeah,” he continued, “he’s the next one in line for sure.”
Stoudemire was capable of personally ship the message to Chalamet whereas they had been courtside at MSG — and mentioned they did briefly discuss their first meet-up all these years in the past.
“It was definitely a great time to reconnect,” he informed us.
As for the blokes who really go well with up on the hardwood, Stoudemire had nothing however good issues to say about his outdated group — and he even gave them a little bit of pump-up speech forward of Wednesday’s pivotal Sport 5.
