Fat Joe was having a moment where he was so excited before Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Friday night.
The rapper and huge Knicks fan joined the “Inside the NBA” crew’s ESPN pregame show before the Knicks took on the Spurs in San Antonio, and he made his voice heard and felt.
He went right up to Shaquille O’Neil and defiantly said, “You don’t believe, Shaq,” while holding the basketball Hall of Famer’s shoulder.
“Don’t worry what I be doing,” O’Neil said before Fat Joe went on about Newark, N.J. being close to New York, leading to some laughs from the panel.
Fat Joe then said the Knicks fans have made their presence felt at Frost Bank Center.
“We here, we here,” the rapper said. “We are not playing. Shoutout to San Antonio, great guys, great basketball program. Tim Duncan my favorite power forward of all time.”
But then Fat Joe made clear that while he respects the Spurs and what they’re doing, he believes this is the Knicks’ time.
“But this, this is our year,” he said. “New York City, this is our year.” Fat Joe then asked about Charles Barkley’s opinion before saying he wanted that “street meat.”
All Barkley could do was laugh and nod.
Fat Joe dapped up Shaq before the segment was over.
He’s not the only Knicks fan feeling excited by this NBA Finals run, as New York is now three wins away from taking the title for the first time since 1973.
Plenty of other celebrity fans made the trip to the Lone Star state, with celebrity row mainstays Timothée Chalamet and Ben Stiller taking in Game 2.
For those who couldn’t make the trip down, plenty of fans packed outside Madison Square Garden for a watch party for what they hope was another win after a thrilling Game 1 comeback.