Still, some didn’t consider giving Spike a ring a slam-dunk move.
“No!!!” one social media user wrote on X. “Bottom line is he is not a player! Players win Championships, not celebrities!! Give him a plaque or the key to the city! Rings are reserved for the players and coaches only!!!”
Agreed another, “BS. There are many non-celebrity fans that have supported their teams for years and didn’t get anything. Keep the celebrity status out of it.”
Chimed in a third, “Tired of the celebrity treatment. Plenty of Knicks fans put their lives and money into that team.”
And Spike counts himself as a member of that crew. Though he’s often seated courtside in the coveted Celebrity Row at Madison Square Garden, he’s noted he doesn’t get them for free (Fellow courtside attendee Ben Stiller recently admitted on Inside the NBA that he has been gifted the seats by the organization).
“I pay for my seats,” Spike recently told NBA on ESPN. “I don’t think myself a celebrity. I’m a filmmaker. I’m an artist. It’s different when your feet are on the wood.”
And if you’re wondering just how much his tickets cost, it was revealed on a 2020 episode of Stephen’s show First Take that Spike paid about $300,000 for a pair for the year including preseason—or about $10 million for the past 30 years when factoring in inflation.
However, Spike isn’t the only star the Knicks have on their team of fans. To see a few more, keep reading.
