“I would give [an] Academy Award — Oscar — for the Knicks to win a championship,” Lee said May 29 on “Inside the NBA” prior to the Knick’s 111-94 win over the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals. “I got two already.” Charles Barkley quickly interrupted Lee with sarcastic skepticism. “You’re gonna keep ‘em,” he qupped.

The New York Knicks defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals Thursday night, but Charles Barkley threw shade on the their chance of winning a championship.

The rabid Knicks fan is a two-time Academy Award winner Spike Lee made a surprising disclosure in an appearance on Inside the NBA The director said he would give up one of his Oscars for the Knicks to win a title this year Lee is a Madison Square Garden fixture who cheers the team on from his courtside seats Spike Lee’s love of the Knicks knows no bounds!