Knicks superfan Fat Joe may have to sit “All The Way Up” in the stands at Rocket Arena after the rapper said the Cavaliers “took the tickets away” he purchased to sit courtside for Game 4.
Fat Joe appeared on ESPN’s “NBA Today” live in Cleveland when he said, unprompted, that the Cavs took the tickets from him because they didn’t want Knicks fans sitting that close.
“We had bought some courtside tickets to the game and once they found out it was superfan Fat Joe, they was like, I can’t sit courtside. New York Knick fans can’t sit courtside,” he said on the program. “They took the tickets away courtside after we purchased it, so shame on you all.”
The Cavaliers explained their side of things.
“Playoff courtside seating is governed by a specific agreement that prohibits the resale or transfer of tickets without approval,” a Cavaliers spokesperson told The Post. “All courtside ticket holders are required to comply with the terms of the single-game playoff agreement.”
The situation would be an interesting one, considering other famous Knicks fans are expected to be in attendance.
Spike Lee and Timothée Chalamet are in Cleveland, presumably to take in Game 4 live from inside Rocket Arena.
And another Knicks fan claimed earlier in the day on social media that they were “blocked from buying” seats courtside for Game 4.
Podcast host and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis alleged on X that Cavs owner Dan Gilbert had ticketholders with courtside seats sign a DocuSign that they would not resell their tickets or they “would face a lifetime ban” by the team.
Pop icon Taylor Swift and her fiancé, and Cleveland native, Travis Kelce, sat courtside during Game 3.
Teams have tried to keep Knicks fans out of their arenas during the postseason, with the Sixers notably attempting to prevent visiting supporters from invading the City of Brotherly Love by limiting ticket sales to those who lived in the greater Philadelphia area.
The attempt fell flat as Knicks fans took over Xfinity Mobile Arena during the two games in Philly.
Those games also included appearances by Lee, Chalamet, Ben Stiller and Tracy Morgan.
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Fat Joe, a Bronx native, has a longstanding history of Knicks fandom and has been at Madison Square Garden plenty during the course of the team’s playoff run this season.
During his appearance on ESPN, he told the panel the reason he went to Cleveland was “so we can be done tonight.”
The Knicks are on the verge of their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999.
