New York Knicks owner Jim Dolan is persona non grata in NYC. He is about to be even more hated since Knicks legend Charles Oakley got into an altercation with security in the first quarter of tonight’s game, leading to his getting kicked out of Madison Square Garden by security.
Word is that Oakley was yelling at Dolan, who he has a contentious, non-relationship with. Security reportedly asked him to stop, but Oak wasn’t hearing it.
According to the New York Daily News:
The beloved former Knick was physically removed and arrested after engaging in an altercation near the bench. According to sources, Oakley was yelling at longtime nemesis James Dolan and then asked by several members of Garden security to leave, prompting the scuffle that quickly went viral.
Oakley, still in impeccable shape at 53 years old, was seen shoving the swarming security, right in front of tennis legend John McEnroe and with Dolan standing nearby in a maroon scarf.
Oakley was then escorted to through the tunnel, taken to the floor by NYPD, and cuffed. According to the police, Oakley was charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault, one of criminal trespass. A source said that Oakley declined legal representation and acknowledged that somebody else bought his ticket for Wednesday’s game between the Knicks and Clippers.
Oak was reportedly given a desk appearance ticket and has already been released.
Why did the cops have to keep Oak on the ground like this, though?
https://twitter.com/SportBlogNYC/status/829514568288329728
Also, this press statement from the Knicks sounds like Dolan dictated it himself—no high road taken here.
Needless to say, the theories are coming in at a rapid clip. Check them out, and more reactions and angles, below and on the flip.
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