Knicks Fan Ben Stiller Gets His Time With Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy
When you do nothing on the group project, but get an A
I just listened to him get interviews on Real Ones and he said “I didn’t do anything. But I’m just so happy” so he’s aware
He gets free tickets too and admits it, doesn’t hide it
The richer you are, the more free shit you get. I respect celebrities that can openly admit that because it’s not exactly a secret
The gift bags they give away at the Oscars are full of good shit, no?
I worked for NBC in hospitality for their VIP guests at an Olympics once. They got free gift bags just for attending. I wasn’t allowed to even look in them, but they were heavy.
Lotta money in that shit, T….
I heard Wembayama dunked on 16 Czechoslovakian
They said he was an interior decorator
His house looked like shit.
53 years in the can…
I remember one year they went through all the stuff in those bags. It was like $60,000 worth of stuff.
Last year over 200k
They keep handing stuff out, huh? Coolest shit in the world to the people who need it the least…
But a celeb getting photographed with your stuff leads to sales. It’s basically a shortcut to having them be a spokesperson without needing to sign a whole contract.
Of course celebrities are aware and make sure to not get seen with things if it goes against existing brand deals or they want a full deal before they use it in public, but it’s all a PR whose ultimate goal is selling your products and services.
I think some of those gift bags are 6 figures
He gets free tickets more because of his celebrity vs wealth. They give some free tickets to A-listers so billionaires feel like they get their money’s worth buying the other tix, because it means they get to rub shoulders with truly famous people.
Doctors at hospitals get free food, janitors have to pay
He’d buy them no matter the cost anyway
Holy shit, he admits it, let’s put up a statue for him.
He’s not a bitch and tries to hide the fact
I went to see a screening of the documentary The Cove a long time ago, and they had him go up and speak before the movie and he was like ‘Uhh.. I’m not a producer or anything, I dont know why they wanted me to speak - I didnt have anything to do with this, I just really like the movie’.
I mean he is gonna produce what should be a kickass documentary surrounding this playoff run
He’s been filming a documentary on this season!
Filming a documentary means he’s spent a fair amount of time with the team and has been part of the journey, so when I see a moment like this I say to myself, “I’ll allow it.”
When is this supposed to come out?
After Severance season 3
never would’ve been a shorter way to say this
Lmfao
So just a few years after the Elder Scrolls 6 comes out, cool cool.
Yeah, that thing will probably end up being an important part of remembering this run for Knicks fans when he puts it out. I would almost bet it’ll be amazing in comparison to the usually playoff videos made by teams’ marketing departments.
But I swear to god if I see Fat Joe posing with the trophy I’ll puke lmao
Mike Brown was rocking a Terror Squad chain so I think Fat Joe can have like 30 seconds with Larry in exchange
That’s actually doing something for the Knicks.
If it’s only half as good as the mj doc, he absolutely deserved hugging the trophy!
Is he doing the zoolander face
Yes, clearly Le Tigre
Hahah it’s a little softer than blue steel
more of a catalog look
You’ll have to be more specific, there are several iconic looks in that movie
But enough about Tyler Kolek
Ay Tyler earned his during the regular season when Deuce was hurt lol
Tyler made the joke on IG last night, no slander intended
Tyler Kolek scored over 60 points in the G-league and the NBA IN THE SAME DAY, he earned his ring boyo.
documentarian* he probably will get a ring
I mean honestly who knows, maybe they played better knowing there’s gonna be a film about it. Stiller for MVP
Side note, I was nominated for an Emmy the same way that Juwan Howard has an NBA championship. I was just on the right team at the right time but I didn’t contribute shit at all. I was just on the sidelines cheering on my friends. “Yeah, you all write them sketches. Hell yeah, that shit’s funny.”
- Hannibal Buress
I mean him and Chalamet were def the most passionate celeb fans this season. He def helped the team
He can do whatever the hell he wants after giving us Severance.
He also has been shooting an official documentary on the playoff run with his phone. It’s why he’s been given so much access to the team etc.
Tbh if he was going to games during the years between Melo and Brunson he deserves this.
And I’d gladly do the same if the Pacers ever won! Haha
Simple Jack!
You, muh muh muh, make me happy
He finally got his OSCAR!!
Blue steel!
Never go full Dolan
Heard he tried to get an Oscar for that
A pity he went full (censored)
Just say it like a Celtics fan, wicked retahded
This whole celebrities joining in with the celebrations and posing with the trophy is weird as fuck.
When you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything.
I’m not saying it’s gay or anything, but imagine Sydney Sweeney getting sprayed with down with champagne by the NY Knicks, and then hopping on their private jet.
Bro typed out his fantasy by accident
I need his AO3 account
In this situation they’re Sydney Sweeney
Wut
How is that gay
he’s not saying it’s gay or anything; read closer
sounds like you imagined it so we don’t have to
Keep going, I’m almost there.
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Stiller doesn’t have “season tickets”, but has been attending games since damn near the last Knicks chip… He’s literally making a Knicks documentary for HBO rn, which is why he was filming the game, so this whole post is cunty and OPs mom is a ho.
It’s very weird. I get some ppl are very anti celebrity which can be weird but who is letting these famous ppl just walk up and get pictures with the trophy.
It’s all marketing and great for revenue, I don’t like it though. Thats for the players, coaches, and staff.
The Larry O’Brien must be pure! Unlike that strumpet Stanley.
I couldn’t agree more. It’s utterly pathetic.
I mean a lot of these celebrities are super fans that have supported the team during its time in the gutters. Looks to me like they’re just simply reveling in the moment with their team that hasn’t won in 50 years.
Yeah, confirming as someone that watches the large majority of Knicks games that Ben Stiller is a legit SuperFan. He’s at almost every game, and has been for many years now. He seems to have a personal relationship with a lot of the team at this point.
I mean, he was (semi famously) literally tweeting about a Knicks game when he was at the Oscars last year. He wrote ‘KNICKS WIN’ like 2mins after he presented an award LOL - so yeah, I don’t mind a guy who watches Knicks games on his phone while working the Oscars to get to hold the trophy
Spike and Ben are top tier fans
Chalamet is also a super fan. I know people find him annoying and he hasn’t been famously there since he is younger but theres a video of him naming all these random knicks that 99% of fans don’t remember.
I bet the team finds it fun to have them there for some of this stuff.
This is true. Not a fan of Chalamar, but he puts time in - especially for a dude that is at the height of his career and must be busy. He genuinely is a real fan.
Gotta shout out Tracy Morgan, too! Dude is also front row at every game
Yeah how is this any different than regular fans lining up tot ake a pic of it during a tour at the facility or something? I think the Eagles did for a while and did a tour with it lol
Some people just can’t let others have fun. He’s just holding a trophy after the team hasn’t won in 53 years, let them do what they want with their trophy lol
Damn y’all wigging out. You’re saying if you were invited you wouldn’t celebrate with your team and get a picture with the trophy? It’s not like Stiller broke into the locker room
It’s utterly pathetic that you care so much about celebrities celebrating a team they support
Why?
Because they didn’t play on the team
I got a buddy on staff for an NBA team, he sent our group chat this exact photo of him holding the trophy the year they won
People like to share happy moments 🤷♂️
He’s on the staff? I feel like that’s different than being a celebrity who goes to games when the team is good.
Ben stiller has been going to Knicks games far longer than when then they were good lol, he’s a massive fan
Ok, but they’re staff, they’re part of the team. Stiller isn’t.
The guy I responded to said “because they didn’t play on the team”
And my buddy didn’t play on the team
Mf’r didn’t even pay for tickets!
He’s been doing a documentary of the team all year, it’s not really that far fetched he’d he given tickets to the finals
Neither did the owner but they usually get to touch it really early
He’s a Magic fan. They don’t have any celebrity fans so that’s why he’s confused about this
Hey he got Mickey Mouse and Cinderella chill out
I’ve seen Tiger Woods on their sideline before. I think they get golfers more than anything.
Dude’s literally midproduction on a Knicks documentary right now and has been in regular attendance at Knicks games since the 70s..
Is it any more weird than the owners and non basketball ops suits getting credit and time with it?
Yes? The owner and front office are involved in building the team. In what world would a celebrity fan be on the same level as the president of basketball operations?
Did you not see where I wrote “non basketball ops”?????????????
Sounds like a you problem. Nba doesn’t care, Knicks don’t care, stiller doesn’t care, camera ppl don’t care.
Yeah, it’s def a you problem
its one thing if theyre forcing the issue but clearly fans are welcome to come celebrate with hardware otherwise the org would close it off to non employees
why display the trophy around msg a year from now and have fans pose with the trophy?
these guys have been sitting courtside and talking with the players for decades, they maintain relationships throughout the org, not just the players
When is it spike’s turn?
Spike got to take it home for the night to do….things
The right things, I hope
You clocked him
If it fits, it ships
Spike Lee: “Alright Larry O Brien Trophy, prepare to experience a Spike Lee Joint”.
Larry O Brien Trophy: “we’re gonna watch one of your movies?”
Spike Lee: “No. I was referring to my penis. I can see how that would have been confusing though.”
Rosie Perez is there too
Filming a movie with it, I suppose
Sweet Christmas what did he do!!!
He about to show Larry what it’s like to be deflowered. My guy rly got to see a ring after decades.
DONT TOUCH MY CASABA MELON!
One man, one trophy
He’s the only celebrity I wanted to see doing this shit
He was shown in NY last night riding around in a car mobbed by fans.
Huh? He was in SA last night and on the court when they won.
Yeah the guy is tripping that was not him, I saw that video. That was Jerry Stiller
People confuse Ben and Jerry’s whole time
I don’t know if you know this, but Jerry Stiller died
Which says alot about Knicks fans
Weekend at Jerry’s
This joke doesn’t work for several reasons
He’s basically the mascot
Spike deserves a full blown replica for himself for all the money he’s spent with the Knicks the past ~40 years.
Spike Lee should take pictures with the trophy be at the parade with the team and the Knicks should give him a ring.
When I think of the New York Knicks I always think Spike Lee they are synonymous.
Lee has been in MSG significantly years longer than most of the roster combined.
There’s only two active players in the NBA who were born before Spike started sitting courtside.
LeBron and who
yo mama
/u/KNYLJNS mother is a goddamn pioneer, first woman in the NBA and still at it god bless no hate
Taj Gibson. He’s the next-oldest active player in the league after LeBron. Lee started going to games in 1985 and Kyle Lowry, who’s third on the list, was born in 1986.
Taj Gibson?
With Arsenal winning and the Knicks winning Spike Lee is living better than any of us
Mamdani too
And ANNE HATHAWAY our glorious queen.
He kinda does deserve a ring for holding it down during the poo poo years
I genuinely hate celebrities and celebrity culture but yeah he is the Knicks. Dude was there through all the decades of pure trash basketball purely for the love of the game.
Fan-wise I would put Spike on the same level as Nav Bhatia, who did receive a ring from the Raptors in 2019 in recognition of his years of loyalty.
Both have been inducted into the Hall of Fame as fans! (Nav first in 2021 then Spike in 2024).
Spike definitely deserves a ring.
Basically the team mascot
I think it’s likely Spike gets a ring, but maybe they’ll make him pay for it. I have a friend who is super involved with the Rangers, but not employed by them, and he had an opportunity to buy the ring after the World Series. Not the replica, but the same one the players got.
Missed a perfect opportunity to do the Blue Steel pose
I actually think he did it for a split second. But it could’ve been Magnum hard to tell
Oh you’d know if it was, your face would have melted
A lot of people can’t spot the subtle differences, but that was actually Le Tigre.
Ah shit I’m a casual
Notice how he never turned left with the trophy
oh brother, you would know if it was MAGNUM
There it is!
Looked more like Le Tigre to me.
When did the trophy get so big?
Regular humans are just much smaller than basketball players
Actors especially
But why male models?
What is it ?! A trophy for ants ?
Ben Stiller is also just a short dude.
Hey guys: It was just an attempt at humor! True, I had to take a second look to realize it was Ben Stiller, but then I knew. 🤪
Ben Stiller is like 5’6” or something, he’s not a large man.
I watched Tropic Thunder for the first time last week, fucking hilarious and probably one of my favourite comedies of all time if i’m being honest, crazy ass film.
I have a theory that the movie we actually watched was the in-universe Tropic Blunder
Good. We only have 16 hours until they wake up!
The people butthurt about this are too funny.
Fans of other teams getting mad about this, meanwhile ask any Knick fan about Ben Stiller they will know the dude is a super fan for decades and just a cool dude in general lol.
Constant anger and rage behind a screen. Probably someone laying in bed or sitting in the toilet getting a hemorrhoid
Wait until they find out little Timmy got a ride home on the Knicks jet
So polite with the cele.. lmao
Severance s3 please?
That’s what I was thinking…. Now get back to work! Severance is pretty much the best “peeling back the onion” show on TV right now since Westworld Season 1.
He’s too busy doing this than writing Severance 😤
Cool but should be spike lee
I’m sure Spike Lee also has the opportunity. This wasn’t some only one celebrity can hold the trophy and then it gets locked away forever situation. I assume
Seriously. I cant believe the Knicks burned their “only one celebrity is allowed to touch the trophy or else” rule on Stiller instead.
They let Chalamet take a photo with it as well
True but Ben is doing a documentary on the Knicks.
Per NBA rules only one (1) celebrity is allowed to hold the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
Lmao do you think they only let 1 celebrity hold the trophy?
Honestly I think it’s fucking weird the amount of celebrity worship there has been with the Knicks this season. “Look how many celebrities there are here!” Now they also get to hold the trophy? Come on man.
Imagine how awful it would be if it was the lakers and knicks in the finals
” Dedicated to you Ben Stiller! You are my favorite motha fucka! I told you”
That ma-ma-ma-made him happy
Good job for doing absolutely nothing, Ben
hey the celebrity entourage spent lots of money on their private jets to attend every game they got free seats for. they earned it, really
https://youtu.be/tYNBYwl5uko?si=kMSvnIO2YysrtfHX
Why do these celebrities even get to be near the trophy?
I fucking hate that we fawn over celebrities. This makes mockery of the trophy and the people that actually earned it. Fuck celebrities
Waiting on that Spike Lee video
Didn’t even have to pay for his quarter million dollar courtside seats and gets to hold the trophy for free, talk about celebrity glazing
Doing his best Zoolander pose
Am I weird for thinking this has no place in the celebration? Only people from the team should enjoy the trophy. They actually worked all their lives to get it.
If the team doesn’t care then I’m not sure why you do.
Don’t let Tracy Morgan have time with it or it will definitely come back pregnant!
The silver spoon is very shiny
Eat the rich
Man where is spike ?
Kash Patel wants to hold it
For every celeb, I want to see a trash collector, teacher, MTA Bus Driver.
Did you ever think that maybe there’s more to life than being really, really, really ridiculously good at basketball?
Where’s the video with spike Lee?!
i’d be shocked if dolan lets him, due to spike’s advocacy for the palestinian people
Holy shit he’s turning into his dad so hard.
a lot of men have indirectly kissed each other through the trophy
Did the most important fan, Spike Lee gets a picture with it?
I bet theres a ton of catty jealousy between the knicks elite class rn lol