NBA players are going to always have each other’s back when it comes to feuds with management.
Make it a player some of the NBA’s older generation grew up admiring for how hard he played — Charles Oakley — and an organization where plenty of players around the league have issues with management, and you will get players coming down hard on one side of the scales.
Oakley scuffled with a security guard, was thrown out of Madison Square Garden and arrested during the Knicks home loss to the Clippers Wednesday. Oakley said he paid for a seat and didn’t say anything to provoke this, it was just James Dolan being petty. The Knicks say that’s total crap, having doubled down on making a beloved former player the villain.
Taking to social media, players past and present sided exclusively with Oakley.
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Hope that he gets some help soon? Not the right way to portray Oak...always had my back and the realest person our league has seen #UncleOak
— Chris Paul (@CP3) February 9, 2017
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Always take care of your own.
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) February 9, 2017
Hope my guy @CharlesOakley34 is ok. I don't know the whole story on what happened tonight but I do know he's one of the realist dudes I know
— Stacey King (@Stacey21King) February 9, 2017
If true James Dolan hasn't wanted @CharlesOakley34 around organization, DAMN SHAME. Oak sweated ❤ for Knicks.. Pacers respect ya brotha..
— Reggie Miller (@ReggieMillerTNT) February 9, 2017
Even one Knicks’ superfan who was never a player sided with Oakley.
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At this point, the league just has to be embarrassed with how the Knicks have handled this.
