Slain NYC hoopster Darius Lee dreamed of playing for Knicks: grandma

The promising college hoopster fatally gunned down by a stray bullet in Harlem over the weekend had dreams of playing for his hometown Knicks, his tearful grandma told The Post on Wednesday.

“OMG, since 10 years old,” Patricia Smith, 71, said of her slain grandson, 21-year-old Darius Lee.

“He had one more year of college,” Smith said. “On his way onto the Knicks. He was a good kid. Everybody would tell you.

“He’s well known as Darius Lee, number 23.”

Lee was among nine people shot in Harlem early Monday at a party hosted by local rapper Troy “Rich” Rhymer — and the only to die from

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