Spike

I will next sit with him courtside in MSG when the Wizards play the Knicks. He owns two season tickets there and he has invited me to join him.

That was our deal made back in 2007 when I was finishing my film, Nanking. Spike gave me great feedback in editing and we talked a lot about basketball.We agreed to host a home on home series with each other.

Spike was very generous with his time. He talked to many of our fans; signed autographs; and didn’t trash talk at all. He celebrated the Knicks. He was a fantastic guest. I hope we return the favor at MSG and that I can celebrate a victory in NYC.

Special Guests at Wizards Game Tonight

We have our first Wizards alumni meeting scheduled for this afternoon. It will be a working session. I address the group at 1:00 pm.We have invited a group of great players to Washington to visit with us and to brainstorm how to embrace and celebrate the past and this is our formal kick-off meeting. The group is being led by Bobby Dandridge on our behalf.

Many of your favorite players will be in town. We will celebrate them at half time and they will be on the concourse before the game signing autographs.

This will be fun and we will roll out nights of celebration for our past players as a part of this program.

I also will host my friend Spike Lee at the game tonight.

Spike and I are friends. We share Brooklyn, filmmaking and sports in common. We are the same age as well. Spike was very generous with his time as I made my first film and I am grateful to him.

He loves the Knicks and he trash talks all day. I hope we can keep the man quiet all night with our play!