Thank you Charles Oakley
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I also, . . . well, thinking about this Houston vs Miller situation. In Detroit, Houston had Grant Hill and Joe Dumars feeding him passes. It's easier to look good playing with those 2 guys. Houston joins NY and the ball is fed to Ewing, so I don't think it was entirely his fault, but his step backwards in production was unfortunate and disappointing at the time.
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Solid post and I agree.. OAK was in the wrong and between the 2 he might have the bigger ego...I'm not sure. But wrong or not the dude is a Knicks legend , the epitome of 90's toughness and integral to our team identity back them.. I could never fully dismiss him just based on that. Dolan has definitely made great strides and we are seeing the results of that.Luv those Knicks wrote:Leon gets credit for the turn around, and it's worth noting that Leon didn't always get it right. The Fournier / Kemba walker season. Yuck, and I'll fess up, At the time, I was excited about what those 2 brought.
But Fournier was flipped for Boggle who was flipped for Bridges so . . . he turned lemons into lemonade, spending several picks in the process, but most of us like what Leon has put together and with his cap wizard (forget the guys name), those 2 guys get credit.
As for Oak. I love Oak. Even if Oak was in the wrong, which I gather he was, not having read more than 2 paragraphs about this, Dolan handled it poorly and I'll never forgive Dolan for that, not that I would have forgiven Dolan anyway. I just don't like the guy for multiple reasons. I'm team Oak.
Owners should work things out with beloved former players. I didn't care for George Steinbrenner (sp?) either but one of the things he got right was making up with Yogi Berra. Have a meeting with Oak. Have a photo op. Work things out. I don't think Oak is a bad guy and I think getting 10 security guards to throw him out was got a lot of attention that wasn't necessary.
Spoiled billionaire inherits the team, runs it into the ground for 20 years. Oak was one of our few bright spots. Dude should have a big plaque in MSG, not be banned from the building. F*ck Dolan. That's where I come down on this.





