On Monday night the New York Knicks received in Madison Square Garden the Houston Rockets. Longtime Knicks fan Spike Lee tried to enter the building on the employee’s entrance, which he has used for 28 years, before the game and when entering the elevator was asked by security to leave the elevator and the building so he could use another entrance.
Director Spike Lee denied entry to MSG. Rumors are circulating that MSG CEO James Dolan didn’t want the famed director to enter. #SpikeLee #MSG pic.twitter.com/0gZVaHDXBP
— BroTalkLive (@BroTalkLivePod) March 3, 2020
Spike Lee joined @firsttake to explain last night's incident at MSG. pic.twitter.com/xsjGHApDqH
— ESPN (@espn) March 3, 2020
On Tuesday, Lee went on ESPN show “First Take” to explain his side of the incident. During the interview, he said that the Knicks organization alleged to a “new policy” that would forbid him to use the employee’s entrance but Lee said he was never notified by the organization of this new rule.
Spike Lee joined @firsttake to explain last night's incident at MSG. pic.twitter.com/xsjGHApDqH
— ESPN (@espn) March 3, 2020
The Knicks organization released a statement according to the incident claiming that the idea of Spike being the victim is “laughable” and also, that they have asked him multiple times to stop using the employee’s entrance. Spike disagrees with the statement and he feels harassed by James Dolan and the organization.
New York Knicks Statement on Spike Lee pic.twitter.com/19JcvhFKO7
— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) March 3, 2020
"I'm being harassed by James Dolan and I don't know why."
—Spike Lee pic.twitter.com/ca28qHYN63
— First Take (@FirstTake) March 3, 2020
´This is not the first time James Dolan has trouble with fans since he’s the owner of the Knicks. Recently, he banned a fan when he yelled that Dolan should sell the team and when Charles Oakley former Knicks player was arrested by the MSG security guards which ended in Oakley filing a lawsuit against Dolan.
