You can now add JR Smith, currently on the Cavs but a former member of the Knicks, to the list of Charles Oakley’s supporters.
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Oakley was arrested at Wednesday night’s Knicks game after an altercation with arena security. Jokic continues to drop dimes and he torched the Knicks with his jumper in this matchup against Kristaps Porzingis.
“I don’t know how to explain it”, Dolan said of Oakley’s claims that he was innocent of wrongdoing.
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Video shows a combative Oakley pushing back security as they tried to escort him out.
NY did score 123 points, highlighted by Anthony’s 33 points on 13-for-20 shooting – 21 of his points coming in the fourth quarter.
“It is very clear to us that Charles Oakley came to the Garden with an agenda, with a mission in mind”. Team president Phil Jackson, himself a former Knicks power forward, attempted to placate Oakley to no avail. Superstars want to be treated accordingly, and seeing a 10-year former player from the 1990s like Oakley get a banishment from MSG for assault isn’t a good look, no matter who is at fault. “He was a great Knick and we hope he gets some help”. He also oversaw 24/7 security of Obama’s Chicago residence as Special Agent in Charge of Secret Service – Chicago.
Benedetto, who began in the role in August after working in the Secret Service for almost 30 years, could not immediately be reached for comment.
As the New York Knicks attempt to turn the 2016-17 season around, the front office won’t stop providing distractions.
Coach Jeff Hornacek played against the now-banned Charles Oakley and remembers his toughness. The incident reportedly began when Oakley heckled Dolan, with whom he has a longstanding feud.
According to TMZ Sports, witness statements included a number of allegations, like Oakley calling a security guard a “rat bastard” who was “sucking on Dolan’s dick”. “I’ve said this before, we said it before. And [Oakley] bit for it”.
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After all, the 53-year-old former enforcer has a history of slapping grown men much more intimidating than Dolan – including Charles Barkley, whether the former Sixers wants to admit it or not – and essentially spent the early part of his National Basketball Association career playing the role of Michael Jordan’s bodyguard before spending the next decade in NY. For the time being, only championships remain unwelcome for a franchise that last won one when Richard Nixon was in the White House.
