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 an excellent Knicks fan, he is able to dub him “the subsequent Spike Lee!!!”
Chalamet, in fact, has put his blue and orange help on full show this spring — simply as Lee has achieved for years — attending Knicks video games often, and even showing to miss out on The Met Gala to catch certainly one of New York’s postseason matchups in opposition to the Celtics.
Stoudemire advised us Tuesday he is seen all of it — particularly when he noticed it up-close at Madison Sq. Backyard throughout NY’s large Monday night time victory over Boston … and now, he is prepared to provide 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 truly helps gamers on the courtroom … 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 advised us.
As for the fellows who truly swimsuit up on the hardwood, Stoudemire had nothing however good issues to say about his previous workforce — and he even gave them a little bit of pump-up speech forward of Wednesday’s pivotal Sport 5.
