Jordan and Oakley are good friends, going back to their days together on the Bulls in the 80s. I guess Oakley needed someone of his stature to advocate on his behalf.
Is it really? The pow wow was very forced and makes their apologies fake. These are two grown men, not children who need to have a parent talk to them. I'd rather them be real. I don't care for fake pleasantries and passive aggressive looks. Let the drama come out. Plus I enjoy the clown show.
One post answers another (even though it was poster prior). Adam Silver doing work to protect the interests of the NBA. Doesn't matter how real the fence-mending is. Regardless of how Oakley acted the night of the expulsion, Dolan is a sorry individual and a disgrace to the NBA.
I'd love it if it was 100% sincere too. But prior to this we have the Knicks insinuating things about Oakley's personal issues (even if they aren't real) via tweet to the public. Prior to that we have Oakley upset that he isn't really included in the Knicks celebration of their 90's teams, and the Knicks leaving him out. Oakley bought his own ticket to the Knicks game, and the Knicks were going to have him thrown out of the Garden. Even after Oakley acted out improperly once the security team confronted him, the fans at the Garden were still chanting his name loudly, supporting him right in the face of the Knicks exec. So even if all they are doing is playing nice in public, that is still better than it has been. It may not be perfect, but it is definitely better than it was.
Wrt Jordan: Silver probably told both sides he'd allow each to have one friend on the call, but Dolan couldn't find one. Btw: Silver pretty much had to step in, because they wouldn't stop the social media arguing. You can call it a "fake aplology", but it has tangible purpose in that now both parties can refer to the NBA tweet if media keeps insisting on more mud slinging, and the league comes out looking good for getting them together.
Just got word from the NY Knicks, that whole ban is over. He can go back anytime he wants. - Stephen A.; 9:49am
not really. Dolan lifted the ban. It's not like they banned Ewing or Clyde Frazier or Bernard King. Knicks fans really overrate their players cause they are in New York. Code: Player G W L GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS Otis Thorpe 31 16 15 24 31.0 5.2 9.7 .537 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.8 .693 2.2 5.3 7.5 2.4 0.5 0.5 2.4 3.7 12.4 Charles Oakley 31 15 16 29 31.4 3.0 6.9 .437 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.8 2.4 .757 2.7 6.4 9.1 2.6 0.9 0.2 2.0 3.2 7.8 Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 2/14/2017.
Nah, Olajuwan juked that **** just in time. That peripheral vision man. Oakley woulda whooped Barkley, but I put my money on Hakeem.
My guess is he said something to Dolan that Dolan didn't like. You could see Dolan smiling and laughing before and as it happened. I wonder what he said, probably something about not caring about the Knicks and Melo not coming to play hard, so Dolan flexed on him and had him removed. He probably said something more personal than that, who knows.
Mr. Jordan....just sounds weird. He will always be Michael Jordan AKA MJ AKA Air Jordan AKA Jumpan AKA 23 Dolan and the Knicks deserve drunk Oakley. LMAO, yes. Former Knicks owner, Mr. Jordan.
Apparently Oakley once slapped Barkley... https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/...1999-season-san-antonio-spurs-new-york-knicks Chris Childs (New York Knicks guard): Oak spots Barkley and walks toward him. George McCloud (Phoenix Suns forward): He made a beeline to Barkley. Childs: Barkley puts his hand out like to shake his hand and Oak goes off and slaps him. Hunter: He slapped the **** out of Charles. KA-POW! Yeah, I saw it. I couldn’t believe it. I said, “****, what is going on?” McCloud: Oakley wouldn’t let you grab him, so he was swinging at everyone who tried. Davis: I’m grabbing Oak and telling him, “Hey, I understand, bro, but this is not the place. Not here! Not now! Not here! Not now!” I was begging him. I remember grabbing him and he was like, “Let me go. Let me go.” I’m like, “Please, man. Not here, not now.” He was like, “All right, all right, but you know.” I was like, “Oh my goodness, this could get really ugly really fast.” Hunter: Barkley then fled from the room. We never saw him again, not that night. [Barkley did not respond to requests for an interview.] Childs: That slap was so loud it echoed from person to person all the way around the room. It was that loud. I laughed. I thought it was the funniest thing because Oak said he was going to do it. Glen Grunwald (Toronto Raptors general manager): Oak was supposed to get a balloon payment of about $7-8 million that season from his time in New York. Then we missed half the season and he didn’t get half his balloon payment. I felt he kind of got screwed on that. Davis: It was less about [the lockout] and more about their history. Childs: Some stuff was said beforehand. It came up in an interview about what kind of player Oakley was, how he hustled and played hard. Barkley said, “You know when they say someone hustles and plays hard? That means he can’t really play.” I can’t remember the exact words. Oak got wind of it and said, “When I get to New York, I’m going to go up to him and slap him. I’m not going to punch him. I’m going to treat him like a ta-da-da-da-da.” We were all sitting there waiting. I knew it was going to happen because I know Oak. He slapped a few people during my time in New York and Toronto. Several. I was there. I witnessed it.
