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Charles Oakley (born December 18, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. Oakley played most of 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association with the New York Knicks . As a power forward , he consistently ranked as one of the best rebounders and defensive players in the NBA.
After Oakley committed a flagrant foul on Barkley, Barkley responded by shoving Oakley. [58] In his first game with the Houston Rockets, Charles Barkley had a career-high 33 rebounds. [ 59 ] He continued to battle injuries throughout the season and played only 53 games, missing 14 because of a laceration and bruise on his left pelvis, 11 ...
In 1988, Krause traded power forward Charles Oakley to the New York Knicks for center Bill Cartwright. Oakley was Jordan's best friend on the team, [7] and Jordan despised the trade. He and Oakley learned of the trade while they were on their way to Las Vegas to see a Mike Tyson fight. [6]
The good news is Charles Oakley’s new memoir, “The Last Enforcer: Outrageous Stories From the Life and Times of One of the NBA’s Fiercest Competitors,” comes with a six-page index, for ...
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Charles Lynn Oakley (July 7, 1931 – April 10, 2017) was a professional American football player. He was drafted in the 23rd round of the 1954 NFL draft by the Chicago Cardinals , with whom he played for one game as a defensive back , in 1954 .
Along with setting the record straight on the long-told story of Oakley's fight with Barkley at a late-1990s players' association meeting - "I did not punch Charles Barkley," Oakley clarifies in ...