Charles Barkley roasts Knicks superfan Spike Lee about team's NBA Finals hopes

The New York Knicks face elimination Thursday night in the Eastern Conference Finals, and the team's biggest superfan revealed what he give away in order for his team to continue their NBA Playoffs run and potentially win the championship.

Nobody within the Knicks fanbase is better associated with the team than filmmaker and actor Spike Lee, and the New Yorker joined the Inside The NBA crew on TNT before Game 5 of the Knicks' series against the Indiana Pacers.

Lee made a bold statement to Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley and Co., stating that he would "give up an Oscar for the Knicks to win a championship."

However, Barkley was quick to throw in a joke and extinguish Lee's excitement over his favorite team when he responded by saying that the celebrity filmmaker won't have to give away his award because the Knicks don't have a shot at winning the title.

New York needs to win out against the Pacers in order to come back from their 3-1 deficit and potentially reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.

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