The View star Jones chatted with Grant Hill's wife Tamia while actors Matthew Modine, Peter Boyle, Chazz Palmenteri and Michael Imperioli, aka Christopher from The Sopranos, swapped stories with the Pistons free agent. Garden President Dave Checketts brought a slice of Big Apple life to Detroit on Wednesday in a recruiting trip that focused on both basketball and celebrity Q-ratings.
Hill was given a Knicks jersey, watched a video of various entertainers extolling the virtues of the game in New York, and later discussed basketball with head coach Jeff Van Gundy. It was simultaneously innovative, bright and somewhat desperate. But if Hill gets an offer he can't refuse, the Knicks will pull off the biggest coup of the summer. A separate article was published under the headline “FOR HILL CELEBS STARS ARE LINED UP TO WATCH A FREE AGENT.”
Source: New York Daily News