'I was never very good at it': 示す Ronson 明らかにする/漏らすs why he is a die hard New York Knicks fan にもかかわらず 存在 bad at basketball

Love and basketball: Mark Ronson confesses to being a die hard basketball fan

Love and basketball: 示す Ronson 自白するs to 存在 a die hard basketball fan

示す Ronson may have been born in West London, but his 忠誠s 嘘(をつく) 堅固に with the New York Knicks.

The music 生産者 was bitten by the basketball bug after he moved to New York at the age of eight, although he 収容する/認めるs he was never any good at playing the sport.

Speaking to Mail Online, Ronson, 37, explained 正確に/まさに what it is about the game he finds so 中毒の and why it is better than supporting an English football team.

He said: 'I was never very good at it. I moved over to the 明言する/公表するs when I was eight-years-old.

'I never played basketball like the 残り/休憩(する) of the kids do from a young age, but I got into the mix in the 早期に 90s when the New York Knicks had this really amazing team.'

One 推論する/理由 示す せいにするs to basketball 存在 such a big 取引,協定 in New York is that there is only one team in the city.

He told Mail Online: 'New York has one 広大な/多数の/重要な team. It's n ot like football in London where you have several teams and peoples 忠義 is 分裂(する) and separated- across town.

'So when the team does 井戸/弁護士席 or is doing 井戸/弁護士席 you can really feel it around the city, the atmosphere is different.'

As one of the world's 最高の,を越す musicians he is used to 存在 adulated by fans, but 示す feels tied to basketball through the music scene.

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He said: 'There has always been something about hip-hop and basketball. The two are intertwined really closely.

'I got 本気で die hard with the Knicks. I got a season ticket for the them. New Yorkers like to be neurotic and that's why we like the heartache of never winning.

'Like Woody Allen is always nervous and worrying, that's what New Yorkers are like.'

This week sees his beloved Knicks take on the Detroit Pistons in the NBA London Live at O2 円形競技場.

Run the rhythm: Mark was asked to be the DJ at a party to celebrate the NBA match

Run the rhythm: 示す was asked to be the DJ at a party to celebrate the NBA match

示す will not only be at the game, but he will also be jumping behind the decks at party in 祝賀 of the match up.

He said: 'I'm gonna be playing a whole dedication to New York because I'm such a die hard fan.

'I keep forgetting that it's not going to be a New York party so I'm gonna have to play some other 跡をつけるs too.'

The Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks go 長,率いる-to-長,率いる at the O2 円形競技場 on January 17 as part of NBA London Live 2013.

Watch the game live and in 3D on Sky Sports 1 #NBALondon.

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