Basketball Hall of Famer and entrepreneur Carmelo Anthony weighed in on the New York Knicks’ historic championship win, the unifying power of sports and Timothée Chalamet‘s fervent fandom during a high-spirited conversation with Variety’s co-president and co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh at Cannes Lions.
The former Knicks player, who was speaking as part of Variety and Google TV’s Industry Innovators Cocktail Hour event on the rooftop of the Five Seas Hotel, reminisced about interviewing Chalamet on his “7PM in Brooklyn” podcast in December.
“I actually gave him an award — my ‘Favorite White Boy’ award,” Anthony joked. “He was happy about that. He appreciated because I shined some light on what he really wanted in that moment.”
Asked by fellow New Yorker Setoodeh to give his pick for the best celebrity fan, Anthony said: “We have the OGs — the Spike Lees, the Ben Stillers of the world. Then we have this new generation, like Timothée Chalamet — he’s running around representing the Knicks to the fullest. And then you have the Fat Joes, who’ve been supporting the Knicks for a long, long time.”
Anthony said the Knicks finally winning the championship has “reignited the city of New York, from sports to businesses to kids. All industries feel like they have a newfound energy.”
