![]() Stoudemire has traveled to Israel many times to trace his Jewish roots and develop his faith, first in 2010. The Safdies are Jewish, and the intersection of basketball and New York City Jewish culture runs through the movie. The film includes snippets of real footage from that series. The league did not license the footage, sources say the Safdies will claim fair use if necessary. With that knowledge, Sandler's character begins betting on the series. Garnett visits Sandler's shop in New York during the Celtics' playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers in 2012 and becomes fascinated with the opal, believing it has mystical powers that help him play better. Sandler's character, Howard Ratner, acquires a black opal mined from Ethiopia. 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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