Julius Randle on advice he’d give Karl-Anthony Towns about New York: Just think of basketball and stay locked in

As film director Spike Lee autographed a green Jayson Tatum jersey for a young Boston Celtics fan, the renowned New York Knicks superfan asked him, “How come he [Tatum] didn’t play during the Olympics? Why did he sit?” Without skipping a beat, the youngster asked Lee, “Why weren’t there any Knicks playing during the Olympics?” As NBA fans at the Basketball Hall of Fame store looked on and laughed, Lee smiled and said, “Hey, how old are you?” The young Celtics fan said, “I’m 12.” Lee, who was wearing a Knicks bucket hat and an orange vest over a Knicks sweatshirt, said, “I hope you’re there opening night, because even though you’re hoisting a [NBA championship] banner, you’re losing [to the Knicks].”