![]() Entering the 2019-20 season, the Knicks were the only organization to have an African-American in all three positions. The Knicks, specifically, have had an African-American as either the head coach, general manager, or team president in all but three seasons since 2000. The leadership of MSG and the Knicks is very diverse. Dolan certainly deserves his fair share of criticism for how the Knicks are run, but these comments are a bridge too far. We shouldn’t be going through this.”Īt another point in the interview, Oakley likens his 2017 ejection to a lynching. It’s got to do with individuals, people’s life. If I’m an owner in the NBA, this guy headlines every other month, every other week with something that has nothing to do with winning. He’s so much of a control freak and he’s hurting the whole NBA. I mean, this man has been buying tickets for 28 years, over $10 million and you curse him out if he comes this door, that door. ![]() It’s a plantation over there,” Oakley said. – on not being surprised with how the Knicks handled Spike Lee /1rRv5Bq8Re “It’s a plantation over there… it’s bad.” It’s no secret that Oakley and Knicks owner James Dolan don’t see eye-to-eye after the former Knick enforcer was ejected from a game and arrested in February of 2017. On Wednesday, Oakley appeared on ESPN Radio’s “Golic and Wingo” to discuss the feud between Lee and the Knicks. In fact, at one point during the altercation, the award-winning filmmaker dared security to “arrest him” like Charles Oakley. Spike Lee spent all of Tuesday bashing the New York Knicks for not allowing him to use the media/employee entrance on Monday night. Please be finished with this now, everybody.Charles Oakley speaks out about Spike Lee’s current feud with the New York Knicks and the team’s owner, James Dolan. The only surprise here is that nobody asked the judge to hand Oakley mandatory alcohol counseling. Yes, I’m sure the security guards genuinely were pissed about Oakley perhaps profiting from the incident and endeavored on their own to petition the state to dole out more punishment. The lawyer also accused Oakley of using the incident for personal gain after he appeared at a New York City nightclub. The lawyer for Madison Square Garden's security personnel stated in the letter that Oakley "needs counseling and deserves real punishment" and alleged that Oakley showed no remorse for his actions. In a letter to Lipes obtained by ESPN's Arash Markazi, a lawyer for Madison Square Garden's security personnel that was involved in the incident with Oakley requested the court require that Oakley attend three weeks of anger management counseling, perform 10 days of community service and remain at least 1,000 feet from the MSG security guards whom he allegedly assaulted. If you’re surprised that MSG didn’t try to take this matter in even more disturbingly petty directions, don’t fret: They were totally prepared to make things worse. So the state of New York doesn’t want Charles Oakley to visit the Garden for one year and Oak was like, “No problem.I don’t wanna go anyway.” Oakley declined comment when asked about the trespassing condition, but he said in court that he had "no plans to go" to Madison Square Garden when the condition was announced by Judge Tamiko Amaker. On Friday, Assistant District Attorney Ryan Lipes offered Oakley a deal - an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal - that will lead to the charges being dropped if he stays out of trouble for six months and complies with a condition that prohibits Oakley from trespassing at Madison Square Garden for one year. The Knicks pressed charges (of course), which led Oak to a New York court room on Friday morning. 8 incident, when the longtime power forward was forcibly ejected from MSG following a confrontation with security during a nationally-televised Knicks game (in hindsight, of course it was nationally-televised). We hope.Īll-time franchise great Charles Oakley finally settled in court on charges stemming from the now infamous Feb. Ah, the story no Knicks fan ever wanted to write might finally be coming to an end.
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