Spike Lee wears pro-Palestinian outfit to NBA All-Star Game with Israeli-born player competing

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Spike Lee was seated courtside astatine the Intuit Dome successful Southern California for the NBA All-Star Game, but it was his outfit that caught attraction during the event.

Lee wore a Pro-Palestinian look to the festivities successful Inglewood, California, arsenic the league enactment its caller format connected display, which featured World All-Stars and All-Stars from the U.S. connected Team Stars and Team Stripes.

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Spike Lee astatine The 2026 NBA All-Star Game held astatine the Intuit Dome connected Feb. 15, 2026 successful Los Angeles, California. (Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)

The World All-Stars featured Portland Trail Blazers guardant Deni Avdija. It was the archetypal clip an Israeli-born subordinate appeared successful an All-Star Game. Avdija wore the Israeli emblem connected the backmost of his jersey for the game.

Lee didn’t marque immoderate other statement, but his outfit was capable of a message.

"I consciousness similar erstwhile I travel to play, I travel with the full nation, and it’s amusive to amusement that it’s possible, adjacent for a tiny state similar us," helium said aft the game, via Times of Israel.

While governmental issues didn’t look to seep into the game, Houston Rockets prima Alperen Sengun was asked astir his narration with Avdija connected Saturday. Sengun is Turkish and the narration betwixt the 2 countries is acold from strong.

Spike Lee smiles from his courtside spot during the NBA All-Star hoops crippled Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, successful Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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"You know, I deliberation that worldly is simply a batch bigger than ours. We conscionable going to correspond our country, here, you know, the champion we can. Deni is the aforesaid harder worker," Sengun told reporters. "You know, large guy, large person. One of my bully friends successful this league.

"And similar I said that worldly are a batch bigger than our stuff. We are conscionable present doing what we love, and different worldly is retired of our control. And hopefully, you know, of people hoops is the happening hopefully bring everyone love, and enactment together, you know, that's what we are present for. And similar I said, the different worldly is retired of our control, and hopefully, you know, it's each got into bid successful each world, and that's each we wanted."