{"id":296766,"date":"2026-02-18T04:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/296766\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T04:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:14:07","slug":"spike-lee-explains-outfit-choice-at-nba-all-star-game-offers-much-respect-to-trail-blazers-deni-avdija","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/296766\/","title":{"rendered":"Spike Lee explains outfit choice at NBA All-Star Game, offers \u2018much respect\u2019 to Trail Blazers&#8217; Deni Avdija"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7X72IXJAN5AKJPRRSWL6NS4FWU\">Filmmaker and New York Knicks superfan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU4LyP_EqyB\/?igsh=M3N1ZnBwdWl6OXZ1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU4LyP_EqyB\/?igsh=M3N1ZnBwdWl6OXZ1\">Spike Lee took to social media<\/a> on Tuesday to explain his outfit choices during this past weekend\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/blazers\/2026\/02\/rewinding-memorable-moments-from-nba-all-star-weekend-for-trail-blazers-and-beyond.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/blazers\/2026\/02\/rewinding-memorable-moments-from-nba-all-star-weekend-for-trail-blazers-and-beyond.html\">NBA All-Star Game festivities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ENZGTTTXLRENJA7XUGMFN7LREU\">Lee wore a pro-Palestinian outfit as he sat courtside Sunday at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. His sweater carried a keffiyeh pattern and the strap of his bag had the Palestinian flag on it. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/blazers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/blazers\/\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/topic\/deni-avdija\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/topic\/deni-avdija\/\">Deni Avdija<\/a>, the first Israeli-born player in NBA All-Star history, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/blazers\/2026\/02\/blazers-deni-avdija-ends-unlikely-journey-with-long-weekend-at-historic-all-star-game.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/blazers\/2026\/02\/blazers-deni-avdija-ends-unlikely-journey-with-long-weekend-at-historic-all-star-game.html\">took the floor as a starter<\/a> for Team World in his All-Star debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NHNHVHVMIFHUPLBL5AOLY3IBLQ\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU4LyP_EqyB\/?igsh=M3N1ZnBwdWl6OXZ1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU4LyP_EqyB\/?igsh=M3N1ZnBwdWl6OXZ1\">an Instagram post<\/a>, Lee offered \u201cmuch respect\u201d to Avdija and said no offense was intended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"B3TFEPW2Q5FEJA7UG47OSEOUFE\">\u201cThere has been some conjecture about what I wore to the games on Saturday and Sunday. The clothes I wore are symbols of my concern for the Palestinian children and civilians, and my utmost belief in human dignity for all humankind,\u201d Lee wrote. \u201cWhat I wore was not intended as a gesture of hostility to Jewish people or to support violence against anyone, nor was it intended as a comment on the significance of Deni being an All-Star.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SE6AGKQXTBG7BGXIDA6DTZNUQ4\">Lee added that he had not been aware of Avdija\u2019s nationality beforehand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"V4S65HRULNAS3IKQKMNR7GNCRY\">\u201cThere were 28 NBA players chosen to be in LA this weekend,\u201d Lee wrote. \u201cI didn\u2019t know them all and Deni playing for the Portland Trailblazers, a West Coast team, I didn\u2019t know Deni as the first Israeli born NBA All-Star. He can BALL. NOW I DO KNOW. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OZWMI6SZZVFONILXLLYV23B5SI\">\u201cLIVE AND LEARN. ONWARD AND UPWARD. PEACE AND LOVE. YA-DIG? SHO-NUFF.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filmmaker and New York Knicks superfan Spike Lee took to social media on Tuesday to explain his outfit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-296766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}