![]() Oakley got in a fight with the producer of the 1989 video "Awesome Endings". Why? "Rumor was that this was over a woman."ģ. Oakley punched Jeff McInnis in the jaw before a game in 2000. This was rumored to be over Carter letting Oakley and other teammates down during crunch time."Ģ. In the 2001 Playoffs, Oakley "constantly chided teammate Vince Carter and even exchanged words with Carter's mother. I had wanted to write about how inspiring Charles Oakley was, so on and so forth, but I think that it would be better to just list his transgressions and let them speak for themselves:ġ. It's a fitting shot of the man who set an NBA record by making a record 107 starts in a season (!). To the left is a picture of him getting his hands dirty at "Oakley's Car Wash". These days Oak makes his lot at his car wash. "I already know he was a tough rebounder, got into a couple of fights, blah blah, come on now James." Well, did you know that in 2000, he threw a basketball at Tyrone Hill's head after morning shootaround? You did? Well, did you know it was because Tyrone owed Chuck $54,000 "for a dice game that allegedly took place two summers prior"? As Chuck put it a year later, when Hill made good: "A gentleman repays his debt within a week or two." (Full story on that here) ( Yes.)Ĭharles Oakley is so incredibly hard that when I was researching, I was struck by just how much crazy shit he got himself into. Would he save Larry Johnson, another incredibly tough motherfucker? I think you know the answer. Would he be in the number one fight? Yes. ![]() If one were to make a list of the top ten fights in NBA history, would Oak be featured in at least three? Yes. The Knicks had always been tough, but Oakley made them exponentially tougher. If John Starks hadn't gone 2-18 he'd be wearing a ring. Later on, Oakley moved to the Knicks, and he was the centerpiece of easily the most physical, hustling team ever. He had some wars with Spider Salley and the so-called "bad boys" in his time. When Jordan was a young boy, Oakley was the guy that protected him. If you were on the floor and you were looking to play physical against an Oakley team, he was as game as anyone out there. He did mess around with drugs, alcohol, guns (probably) and fighting. He never messed around with tattoos or fancy dribbling or "dunking". He saved me from a shattered jaw at least."Ĭharles Oakley is probably one of the toughest guys in league history. Miller said after the fight: "I was just glad we picked up Oakley over the summer because I knew if I got into something he'd have my back. After all, (almost) on this day five years ago, Charles Oakley "committed a series of hard fouls against Shaquille O'Neal that led to a fight and wrestling match which spilled over from the paint to the Chicago Bulls bench on the other side of the floor." You may remember that fight as the one in which Brad Miller came within a couple of inches of catching a monster Shaq haymaker, but it was actually Oak who was doing much of the instigating. I had planned to start of my blog with a nice historical piece and then try to move to more current stuff, but I got a nice comment from my main man Benjamin Rosenthal that inspired me to stick with the history for at least another day.
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