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Charles Oakley (born December 18, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a retired American professional basketball player who played power forward in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets. He also has a love for the ladies!!!! He punched an oponent over a woman!! Image File history File links Size of this preview: 502 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1636 × 1954 pixel, file size: 232 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Charles Oakley ...
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1985 NBA Draft - 18 June 1985 See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft // (*) compensation for draft choices traded away by Ted Stepien This draft marks the first time the NBA Draft Lottery was introduced it was put into place so teams did not have to intentionally lose games to...
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The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. ...
The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C.. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...
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is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nickname: Motto: Progress & Prosperity Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: , Country State County Cuyahoga Founded 1796 Incorporated 1814 (village) 1836 (city) Government - Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Area [1] - City 82. ...
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The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. ...
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Playing career
Oakley gained a reputation for being a hard worker and tenacious rebounder for all of the teams he played for, especially the Knicks, where Charles played the role of partner to Patrick Ewing in the low post. A rebound in basketball is the act of successfully gaining possession of the basketball after a missed field goal or free throw. ...
Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-born American former professional basketball player. ...
Charles placed in the top ten in rebounds per game five times between 1987 and 1994 (second in 1987 and 1988). In all but one of these seasons he played the full complement of 82 games. Due to his durability he actually placed in the top ten in total rebounds 6 times and led the league in total rebounds twice (1987 and 1988). In 1994, he became an NBA All-Star and was chosen to the league's All-Defense 1st team. Drafted in 1985 by the Cleveland Cavaliers, Charles' draft rights were traded to the Chicago Bulls. Oak provided another scoring option and steady offensive and defensive performances to an up-and-coming Bulls squad led by Michael Jordan. He earned All-Rookie Team honors in 1986. Rebound is a term used in sports describe the ball (or puck or other object of play) becoming available for possession by either opponent after an attempt to put the ball or puck into the goal has been unsuccessful. ...
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With the drafting and development of Horace Grant, the Bulls traded Oakley to the New York Knicks for 7'1" center Bill Cartwright. Oakley eventually became a part of the core which the Knicks built around, which also featured Ewing, John Starks, and point guard Mark Jackson. Oakley's hard work and physical play for the Knicks won the hearts of many loyal Knicks' fans. Horace Junior Grant (born July 4, 1965 in Augusta, Georgia) is a retired American basketball player. ...
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John Levell Starks (born August 10, 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a 65 former basketball player who gained fame while playing at shooting guard for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association in the 1990s. ...
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Mark A. Jackson (born April 1, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York) is a 6 3 former professional basketball player who played point guard for the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz, and Houston Rockets in the NBA in a career spanning from...
In 1998, Oakley was traded to the Toronto Raptors. On the Raptors, he provided a veteran presence to a young team that included Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady. Oakley later played for the Bulls again, followed by the Washington Wizards and most recently the Houston Rockets. On the Rockets, he was briefly reunited with former Knick teammates Mark Jackson, who was the veteran point guard behind Steve Francis; Patrick Ewing, who was an assistant coach with the Rockets; and head coach Jeff Van Gundy, former head coach in Charles' days in New York City. The question has often come up; Where did he get that body from? He got it from his mama. The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. ...
Vincent Lamar Vince Carter (born January 26, 1977) is an American All-Star basketball player in the NBA. He currently is a player and co-captain for the New Jersey Nets. ...
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A Comeback As recently as July 2007, rumors began surfacing that Oakley may be considering a comeback, although currently no team has signed him.
Quotes A lot like Yogi Berra, Charles Oakley was famous for his quotes. Some of the more notable ones have been:
"If it ain't broke, I'm fixin to break it." [1]
"They're like contracts. Everybody's got one. Some are just bigger than others." - Oakley on other NBA players' entourages. [2]
"If you have a horse that isn't winning any races, sooner or later you have to get a new jockey." - Oakley, on Chicago Bulls' coach Tim Floyd. [3] Tim Floyd (born February 25, 1954) is the current head coach of the University of Southern California mens college basketball team. ...
"I'm cool with whatever. I'll just keep eating my bread, sipping my soup and serving my time. But the chicken is going to lay some more eggs one day." - Oakley as a veteran, on being benched in favor of teenagers. [4]
"It was like the police trying to stop a shootout: You gotta have your gun out. Don't go out there with your hands down." -Oakley, on Jeff Van Gundy getting headbutted while trying to stop Marcus Camby from suckerpunching Danny Ferry.[5]
"Oh well, that's basketball. It used to be basketball. I don't know what it is now." -Oakley, on the flagrant foul he was assessed for flattening the Nets' Kenyon Martin.[6]
"You got to know when enough's enough. You want to rob the bank, but you better not be complainin when you get caught. In my day, a guy who jumps that high with that many tatoos, he would've wound up sitting on the floor at least once. It's just the kind of player (Martin) is. And the kind of guy I am." Oakley, on Kenyon Martin and his flagrant foul reputation. [7]
"He's a lawyer, not a GM. You can't spend $250 million on contracts and not make the playoffs. Vince Carter's mom runs that team. She's the GM." - Oakley on Toronto GM Glen Grunwald. [8]
Dress code Charles Oakley was a defender of the NBA's recent dress code policy that was implemented before the 2005-2006 season stating "Allen Iverson has been in the league for 10 years and he's still wearing a T-shirt and jeans. Grow up already," Oakley said. "I'm not trying to sound like some old guy who says this is the way we used to do it. Why not look professional instead of looking like you belong on a street corner?" [9]
Oakley's feuds In 2001, Oakley was one in the middle of one of basketball's fiercest rivalries with Tyrone Hill. This rivalry came to a head in the 2001 NBA basketball playoff series between Oakley's Toronto Raptors and Hill's Philadelphia 76ers. Tyrone Hill (born March 19, 1968 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American former National Basketball Association player who usually played power forward. ...
In the 2000 season, Oakley was suspended and fined for throwing a basketball off Hill's head after a morning shoot-around. Before a pre-season game at the start of the 2000-2001 season, Oakley slapped Hill and was not allowed to play in the game. The 2000-01 NBA season was the 55th season of the National Basketball Association. ...
In May, 2001, Hill paid Oakley $54,000 for a dice game that allegedly took place two summers prior. "A gentleman pays his debt within a week or two," Oakley said of the payment.
In the 2001 NBA playoffs, Oakley constantly chided teammate Vince Carter and even exchanged words with Carter's mother. This was rumored to be over Carter letting Oakley and other teammates down during crunch time. Vincent Lamar Vince Carter (born January 26, 1977) is an American All-Star basketball player in the NBA. He currently is a player and co-captain for the New Jersey Nets. ...
Charles Oakley punched the Los Angeles Clippers' Jeff McInnis in the jaw before a game in 2000. “Clippers†redirects here. ...
Jeff Lemans McInnis (born October 22, 1974 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an NBA basketball player, currently playing guard for the New Jersey Nets. ...
Oakley had a rumored run-in with the producer of the 1989 NBA video "Awesome Endings."
In January 2002, 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. Oakley was suspended for two games, O'Neal for three. Shaquille Rashaun ONeal (pronounced shak-KEEL) (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is an American professional basketball player, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...
Trivia - Charles Oakley attended Virginia Union University, which is also the alma mater of Chicago Bulls star Ben Wallace. Oakley played a key role in Wallace's development as a player.
- Oakley once made controversy by saying "You got guys out there playing high every night," Oakley claimed. "You got 60% of your league on marijuana. What can you do?"[10].
- Oakley appeared in the video games NBA Jam and NBA Jam Tournament Edition, and the Hootie & the Blowfish music video "Only Wanna Be With You".
- Oakley was a very physical player and contributed personally by example to the development and refinement of the Flagrant Foul rules in the NBA.
- Oakley is friends with Michael Jordan dating back to their days as teammates on the Chicago Bulls. During that time, Oakley gained a reputation as something as an enforcer and protector. Oakley would take exception to another team fouling Bulls' star Michael Jordan. Jordan and Oakley still play golf and attend various functions together[11].
- During the Knicks' 1994 season, which included a record 25 playoff games, Oakley started every regular season and playoff game for a record 107 starts in a single season.
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NBA Jam is a basketball arcade game created by Midway in 1993. ...
NBA Jam Tournament Edition (commonly referred to as NBA Jam T.E.) is a basketball arcade game created by Midway in 1994 as a sequel to the hit game NBA Jam. ...
Hootie & the Blowfish are an American pop-rock band, originally formed at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Soni Sonefeld and Mark Bryan. ...
Only Wanna Be with You is a rock song released in 1995 by Hootie & the Blowfish, the third single from their breakthrough album Cracked Rear View. ...
A flagrant foul is a more serious contact foul involving excessive contact in a National Basketball Association game. ...
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Enforcer may refer to: A criminal who uses physical force or the threat of physical force to intimidate, injure or even murder those who do not follow the dictates of an organized crime group; a thug. ...
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