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10-14-2024, 02:24 PM
Lee, actor and LA Clippers fan Billy Crystal, Philadelphia 76ers fan Alan Horwitz and actor and Los Angeles Lakers fan Jack Nicholson (who didn’t attend) were officially added to the James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery on Sunday afternoon at the Hall of Fame. A Knicks jersey with “Lee” and “No. 40” on the back and a Knicks player contract signed by Lee in 1990 were displayed in a large glass-enclosed case at the SuperFan Gallery. Hours later, the 2024 Basketball Hall of Fame class headlined by Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups was inducted at nearby Symphony Hall.
“I didn’t even know that thing existed,” Lee told Andscape. “So, it was a big surprise. Things are lining up this year … I got two [special] Oscars, too, so this is good.”
Lee, 67, credits his love of the Knicks from his late father Bill, a renowned jazz bassist and composer
The Lees attended Knickerbockers games together at the third Madison Square Garden before it was demolished in 1968 and the current Garden was built. Lee said he attended a deciding Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals — and missed one of his dad’s concerts — when the Knicks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers. He wears a necklace with former Knicks coach Red Holzman’s 1973 NBA championship ring hanging from it.
“My father was a Knicks fan who was taking me to the old Garden on 8th Avenue,” Lee said. “My father was a big sports fan. My love of sports come from my late father. My mother was a cinephile. That is where the film thing comes in. Music, sports and cinema. My father hated Hollywood films.”
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“I didn’t even know that thing existed,” Lee told Andscape. “So, it was a big surprise. Things are lining up this year … I got two [special] Oscars, too, so this is good.”
Lee, 67, credits his love of the Knicks from his late father Bill, a renowned jazz bassist and composer
The Lees attended Knickerbockers games together at the third Madison Square Garden before it was demolished in 1968 and the current Garden was built. Lee said he attended a deciding Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals — and missed one of his dad’s concerts — when the Knicks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers. He wears a necklace with former Knicks coach Red Holzman’s 1973 NBA championship ring hanging from it.
“My father was a Knicks fan who was taking me to the old Garden on 8th Avenue,” Lee said. “My father was a big sports fan. My love of sports come from my late father. My mother was a cinephile. That is where the film thing comes in. Music, sports and cinema. My father hated Hollywood films.”
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