Charles Oakley on Charles Barkley: We’re not inviting him to play golf no more

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 the book. “I did, however, slap the s— out of him” — Oakley refuted Barkley’s recent public claims that their relationship has since become cordial. “He’s not close with Michael (Jordan) no more. I don’t know who he’s really on (good) terms with now,” Oakley said of Barkley. “So I know he wants to come to the cookout and play 18 holes with us. But we’re not inviting him no more. He’s out. You act up, you go stand in the corner with one leg in the air …. That’s Charles, in the corner of the playground by himself. You can see him, because he’s kind of big.”
Source: Toronto Star

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CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
LeBron James after James Dolan wouldn’t shake Charles Oakley’s hand: ‘That’s why I’m never going to New York’
cbssports.com/nba/news/lebro… – 11:15 PM

Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
Players who have scored 400+ points with a 65+ eFG% in a calendar month since the ABA-NBA merger:
✅ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Dec. 1979)
✅ Charles Barkley (Dec. 1990)
✅ Stephen Curry (Jan. 2019)
✅ Zion Williamson (Feb. 2021)
✅ Curry (April 2021)
✅ Nikola Jokic (Jan. 2022) pic.twitter.com/NKJvsnZw5N – 1:31 PM

Frank Isola @TheFrankIsola
Charles Oakley and the Empire State Building are nearly as intimidating as Oak and Patrick Ewing. “The Last Enforcer” is out today. pic.twitter.com/FAZjcGwTgH – 12:44 PM

Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
Charles Oakley reveals origin of James Dolan beef. His story involves LeBron James, Rich Paul and Worldwide Wes nydailynews.com/sports/basketb… – 9:54 AM

Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
In new book, Charles Oakley reveals origin of James Dolan beef and its LeBron fallout nydailynews.com/sports/basketb… – 9:10 AM

StatMuse @statmuse
Andre Drummond tonight:
16 PTS
23 REB
5 AST
2 STL
3 BLK
It’s his 4th 20-rebound game this season, only Moses Malone and Charles Barkley had more in the last 40 seasons. pic.twitter.com/viQPpKEeXa – 9:48 PM

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