GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) 鈥� Smile, Mrs. Brown. Ben Stiller is ready for that picture.
The actor Thursday, after New York Knicks coach Mike Brown said earlier in the day that his wife was afraid to ask a few days before.
Stiller, , was on Monday when the Knicks celebrated clinching their first NBA Finals trip since 1999. Brown’s wife, Ro, noticed and alerted the coach.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think I鈥檝e ever met Ben, but he was over there and she was like, 鈥楤en鈥檚 over there!” Brown said. 鈥淚 was like, 鈥橶ell, get a picture. I鈥檓 sure he鈥檒l take a picture with you.’鈥�
Her response, according to Brown: 鈥淣o, I can鈥檛 do it!鈥�
Well, now she can.
Stiller saw a video of Brown’s remarks after they practiced for the first time since that night, and made an offer in a posting on X.
鈥淚 am available for any picture any time with any member of Mike Brown鈥檚 immediate or extended family or friends,鈥� Stiller wrote. 鈥淭his man has taken us to the Finals. In his first year here.鈥�
Brown said he has gotten to know award-winning director Spike Lee, perhaps the Knicks’ most famous superfan of all, a little bit. The celebrity fan he has gotten to know best is Fat Joe, who was also in Cleveland 鈥� and has posed for a photo with a member of his family.
鈥淗e used to kill me, man, about my shoes,鈥� Brown said. 鈥淗e tried to tell me I need to get some Nikes because they got more cushion and all this stuff. And he took a picture with my stepson and my stepson was fired up, and I鈥檝e always been a fan of his.鈥�
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