LeBron Made Timothee Chalamet 'Mad' Joining Heat over Knicks, Lakers Star Reacts in Trending Video
Add Timothée Chalamet to the list of people who was upset with LeBron James over "The Decision" in the summer of 2010.
In a special Mind the Game episode featuring the Oscar-nominated actor (starts at 12:54 mark), Chalamet told James that his choice to sign with the Miami Heat made him "mad" because he wanted him "to come to the Knicks so bad."
James responded with an interesting tease of a story "about that New York situation" but said he had to save that for an off-mic discussion backstage.
Later in the episode (29:11 mark), Chalamet revealed that he was at Madison Square Garden to watch James' first game as a member of the Heat against the Knicks:
"LeBron's first game on the Heat in New York, I was there. I was booing the f--k out of LeBron. I said, 'why didn't you come to the Knicks?' ... He crushed it. And by the end of the game, I was front row. I snuck down. I was next to Polow da Don, Miami hip-hop producer, man. So if anybody could find that tape, I was front row by the end of the game."
James' first game at MSG as a member of the Heat was on Dec. 17, 2010. He put up a triple-double with 32 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in Miami's 113-91 win.
While it's unclear what James' story about the Knicks' 2010 recruitment was like, we do have some evidence of their pitch to him thanks to Pablo Torre uncovering a video they put together featuring notable New York-based celebrities and fictional characters.
Chalamet was 10 days away from his 15th birthday at the time of that 2010 game. His only on-screen credits at that point were in two short films released in 2008, a guest spot on an episode of Law & Order and a role in the CBS television movie Loving Leah.
More than 15 years later, Chalamet is a regular at courtside for Knicks games and has been nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards three times, including this year for Marty Supreme.
Knicks fans tried pitching James on New York one more time during his free agency in 2018. There's no evidence to suggest that Chalamet was involved, but he certainly wouldn't have objected if James had opted to come to Broadway instead of Hollywood.
James' most recent appearance at Madison Square Garden was on Feb. 1. He put up 22 points, six assists and five rebounds in the Los Angeles Lakers' 112-100 loss to the Knicks.
