Spike Lee sits in Herman Miller's new nightfall-blue Aeron chair on the Brooklyn Bridge
Spike Lee has the best seat in the house to watch his beloved New York Knicks. Sara Jaye/Getty Images for Herman Miller
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NBA Finals: Spike Lee, New York Knicks super fan, believes 2026 is year title drought ends

Famous filmmaker grew up with Knicks as champions. Fifty-three years later, they’re on the cusp of another title.

William C. Rhoden @RhodenRhoden8
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    I met with filmmaker Spike Lee in his Brooklyn studio to talk about his long and sometimes tortured love affair with the New York Knicks.

    Lee was a teenager when the Knicks won their first title in 1970. We talked about how that moment cemented a lifetime connection to his home team and what a championship 53 years later would mean to him and the city.

    William C. Rhoden is a columnist for Andscape and the author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete. He directs the Rhoden Fellows, a training program for aspiring journalists from HBCUs.