When the Safdies began writing "Uncut Gems" a decade ago, they did so with Amar'e Stoudemire in mind for the role of the NBA star who improbably comes into the orbit of the stressed-out, stretched-thin, gambling-addicted Diamond District jeweler played by Sandler. The NBA's lottery system has corrupted Sandler's New York fandom, he told the group. "But I rooted against Larry Bird very hard. "I could have become a Celtic fan," Sandler told a small group of reporters in New York last week. Sandler had a chance to leave the Knicks behind and jump onto the Boston bandwagon years before Larry Bird, Robert Parish, and Kevin McHale formed the Big Three. Sandler was born in Brooklyn, but his family moved to Manchester, New Hampshire - prime Celtics country - when he was 5. "I hated Boston," Josh Safdie told ESPN this week. Josh and Benny Safdie, the writer-director brothers, are diehard fans of the New York Knicks - which naturally means they hate the Celtics. How Kevin Garnett teamed up with Adam Sandler in 'Uncut Gems'Īlmost nobody behind "Uncut Gems," the Adam Sandler/Kevin Garnett drama steeped in NBA lore that opens Friday in New York and Los Angeles (and nationwide on Christmas), wanted the movie to have anything to do with Garnett and the Boston Celtics - unless it somehow involved the Celtics' humiliation. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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