Author Topic: Fat Joe Is Basically The New York Knicks' General Manager Now, Says Fat Joe (Read 116 times)

Elano · « **on:** July 09, 2010, 01:35:30 AM »

In an interview with MTV yesterday, Fat Joe came right out and said it: He's basically the New York Knicks' general manager, paying a pivotal role in getting Amare Stoudamire to come to the club:

"I'm a New York Knick fan, die-hard!" Joe told us. "And we been losing for a long time — like, eight years or something. The Knicks organization called me and said, 'Yo Joe, we're trying to get Amar'e.' By the way, he's my favorite player, no hype! That's who I wanted to come to New York. It's been a long time since New York had a guy to dunk on people, pound his chest, go crazy. That's my type of player. Hard body. So they was like, 'Joe, we want you to call him up, start talking to him. Tell him to come to the city, tell him how beautiful the city is.' 'Mare, I've known him for years — since he came in the league as rookie."

"When I called [Amar'e], he was like, 'Fat Joe.' He already knew it was me," Joe recalled. "I was like, 'We need you, we need you!' I did my greatest Khaled rendition ever created. 'I gotta have you. You're killing me, I'm gonna die. I need oxygen!' He was like, 'Joe calm down. It might happen. Calm down.' It was a great experience.