Oakley talks Knicks
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, November 17, 2012 with 5 comments
In a perfect world both Patrick Ewing and Charles Oakley would have a job in some capacity with the New York Knicks, the franchise that they were the faces of during the 1990's. Allen Houston who played for the Knicks in the late 90's has become the team's assistant GM and Baron Davis who's only played 29 games for the Knicks last season is the team mentor while rehabbing his devastating knee injury. Recently, Oakley spoke to the media about why he doesn't have a front office position.
“They say I’m hard on them. I say, I’m not hard on them; that’s just the way the game goes and people have opinions,” Oakley said. “Ex-players I talk to, they say, ‘Management, they like you. But sometimes it’s the way you say things, the way you do things....I don’t know. I try to keep it simple and up front. I feel like I owe that to the fans with them coming to watch me for 10 years, following me, being a fan of mine. I feel I’m not going to let them down because somebody else wants to say something else. . . . (Dolan) shouldn’t be mad at me because all I did was come before him and play the hardest and the best I could do. I’m going to be a Knick for life, though, no matter what people say.”
“They say I’m hard on them. I say, I’m not hard on them; that’s just the way the game goes and people have opinions,” Oakley said. “Ex-players I talk to, they say, ‘Management, they like you. But sometimes it’s the way you say things, the way you do things....I don’t know. I try to keep it simple and up front. I feel like I owe that to the fans with them coming to watch me for 10 years, following me, being a fan of mine. I feel I’m not going to let them down because somebody else wants to say something else. . . . (Dolan) shouldn’t be mad at me because all I did was come before him and play the hardest and the best I could do. I’m going to be a Knick for life, though, no matter what people say.”
Idk, i know he we worked wit kwame brown and he actually doesnt look like trash out there no more. K brown is actually a decent big man n the league now because of oak. I dont get baron davis as a mentor, thats crazy. Baron was often outa shape and hurt during his career and his focus was never all ways on bball, i think oak would b a better menter than baron
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ReplyDeleteBD might make for a good mentor but right now he should have to wait his turn or go mentor Steph Curry in Golden State or Austin Rivers in New Orleans but he has done nothing to deserve that job in New York.
ReplyDeleteThe question is who is baron mentoring? Everyone older than him...jkidd, camby,felton,wallace, or carmelo?
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