Spike Lee is satisfied the Knicks have finished the appropriate factor and can lastly reap the advantages.
“That is the 12 months,” Spike Lee declared on Sunday.
And who’s extra certified for such a declaration than Lee?
The movie director, producer, screenwriter, actor and writer was in Springfield, Mass., over the weekend for his induction ceremony into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame’s James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery.
Sitting down with a reporter from the Related Press, Lee projected a surfeit of confidence in his Knickerbockers as they head into their 2024-2025 marketing campaign.
“The Boston Celtics are the world champions … however this— that is our 12 months,” he started.
“We acquired the items … [We got] an amazing coach. [We got] Leon Rose [and] World Large Wes doing their factor within the entrance workplace … I simply really feel deep down, in my coronary heart, it’s going to occur this 12 months,” Lee stated.
After which, cheekily hedging his guess, added, “barring accidents.”
Lee, 67, was on the Backyard in 1970, simply 13 years outdated, watching his hometown staff sq. off towards the Los Angeles Lakers in Recreation 7 of the NBA Finals.
And in 1994, egging on Pacers’ star Reggie Miller, unintentionally inducing the guard’s notorious 25-point fourth quarter throughout Recreation 5 of the Japanese Convention Finals and the equally iconic choke signal from the Indiana star.
And in 2024, serving to will Jalen Brunson and firm to absolutely the brink in a do-or-die Recreation 7.
Lee has additionally change into an avid supporter of Sabrina Ionescu and the Liberty as they attempt to win their first WNBA championship — even stepping into it a bit with Aces star Kelsey Plum at Barclay Heart through the playoffs.
Solely a kind of postseason runs concluded with a parade down Broadway.
This, although, Lee says, is the 12 months. Who’re we to doubt him?
