NEW ORLEANS — Chris Webber, one of Latrell Sprewell’s buddies, said it was a long time coming to see the former Knicks All-Star at the Garden a week ago Sunday.
Sprewell and Larry Johnson sat in baseline seats with owner James Dolan between them. Though it was an obvious public-relations stunt after Charles Oakley’s Garden arrest, the Knicks had been trying to get Sprewell back in the arena in recent months.
Sprewell and Dolan were at odds after he cursed the owner out in his Garden return with the Timberwolves in 2003 after being traded. Sprewell was once fined by the NBA for tampering when he told The Post he wanted to see Webber sign with the Knicks.