CHARLES OAKLEY RUMORS

Oakley Not Impressed With The Current Edition Of The Knicks

One of the tough guys from years past, Charles Oakley isn't afraid to let his opinion known about anything. That would include the current make up of the New York Knicks and how they treated him and Patrick Ewing, Isiah Thomas' role with the team, and whether Amar'e Stoudamire is the man to lead the Knicks back to the promised land.While he was in New York to launch...
Via Footbasket  |  October 16, 2011

Oakley doubts new stars have elite potential

Charles Oakley hopes to see the Knicks return to the heights they reached in the 1990s, when he and Patrick Ewing patrolled the paint at Madison Square Garden. But Oakley is not convinced the team's current power forward, Amar'e Stoudemire, is the man to get them there. "Amar'e's good, he's good in his way," Oakley said Saturday at the launch of his...
Via Fox Sports  |  October 16, 2011

Vegas Resort : Charles Oakley Is No Innocent Victim

You might’ve read elsewhere that former Knicks/Bulls/Raptors F/fashion plate Charles Oakley was suing Las Vegas’ Aria Hotel over an alleged altercation with resort security last May. On Tuesday, the New York Post’s Christina Silva provided further details from the lawsuit, and the hotel’s counterclaim that Oak, “was the vicious aggressor who provoked...
Via Can't Stop The Bleeding  |  August 09, 2011

Bobcats' Oakley says assault led to back problem

Charlotte Bobcats assistant Charles Oakley isn't sure he'll be able to return to his job because of a painful back condition he says was caused during an assault last year in Las Vegas. Oakley has sued the Aria hotel-casino, claiming he was beaten by security guards in May 2010. Oakley said Saturday that two slipped disks from the incident led to a painful sciatic nerve...
Via AP on Fox  |  June 04, 2011

Charles Oakley Sues Aria Hotel In Las Vegas For A “Gang-Style Beatdown” He Received

Charles Oakley was known as an enforcer back in the 90′s when he was in the NBA. The guy you didn’t want to mess with on or off the court. Apparently Aria hotel missed that memo. Oakley is suing the Vegas Casino and resort behind a May 2010 incident charging that he was beaten and injured by security guards. Check the details: The suit says Oakley was an invited guest...
Via Jocks and Stiletto Jill  |  May 15, 2011

Charles Oakley Sues Resort Over “Gang-Style Beatdown”

As a player Charles Oakley was never one to shy away from a confrontation on the basketball court. Apparently he isn’t shy about getting into them away from the court either. I’m sure he wasn’t expecting the kind of response he received though. A report by the Associated Press indicates a “verbal altercation” led to [...]
Via Los That Sports Blog  |  May 15, 2011
COURT ENFORCER

Charles Oakley sues Vegas resort

Former NBA enforcer and current Charlotte Bobcats assistant coach Charles Oakley is suing a Las Vegas resort after he said he received a "gang-style beatdown" in March 2010.

Via Footbasket  |  May 14, 2011

Charles Oakley says Sir Charles is a hypocrite

Former New York Knicks forward Charles Oakley, a player who could do just about everything Charles Barkley did, said that Sir Charles is hypocritical in his criticism of players today. "Barkley was a great player, but he’s an (expletive)," Oakley told Sid Rosenberg of WQAM in Miami via Sports Radio Interviews. "My thing is, when Barkley played basketball...
Via Digital Sports Daily  |  December 21, 2010
OAK CHOPPED DOWN

Charles Oakley Gets Jumped in Vegas

My neck Terez..my arm Terez..don't worry T...I got a morphine drip.. Here’s an interesting story..According to Nicole Tucker, the Executive Casino Host at Caesars Palace, Former NBA Player Charles Oakley got jumped at Aria.. not once but twice by security..More details are trickling in..but Oak, notorious for being Michael Jordan’s personal bodyguard hasn&rsquo...
Via Terez Owens  |  June 03, 2010

Nicole Tucker: NBA Great Charles Oakley Was Beat Up In Vegas..Check The Pics

Knowing Charles Oakley the way I do, I find it very hard believe that just mere hotel security to could do this to him. Oakley is a legendary tough guy, he is the NBA version of Chuck Norris, no one messes with Oakley, but according to the The Big Lead something went down. Here are the details: According to Nicole Tucker,the Executive Casino Host at Caesar’s Palace, former NBA...
Via BlackSportsOnline  |  June 03, 2010
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