I MISS THE OAKMAN

Earlier this season during one of the Knicks dreadful losing streaks, the MSG network did its new bit, the halftime interview of a celebrity by that dude Ed Lover. [This segment no longer exists because Uncle Ed allegedly cold cocked a chick in the face at some club. ] Anyway, this halftime interview was with Jim Jones and Cam'ron. After some initial non-sensical dipset ramblings, Ed asked who was their favorite Knicks player of all time. Jim went with John Starks. The weirdly geeked out Cam went with...Phil Jackson. What the fuck? Weird.
Make no mistake about it my favorite Knick is most definitely Charles Oakley. Oak never held his breath for anyone. He was far from athletic but would be guarding Shaq one game and then MJ the next. Oak could barely jump but he had that money 15 footer. He had that intangible thing that is missing with so many athletes, what's that called again? Oh yeah, Heart.
Some Oakley Quotes:
"I can't really respect a lot of these younger guys because, you know, I'm 36 years old and they're 23 and I'm still locking them up on a regular basis. That just shows you it's all about the hype."
-Oakley, on some of the younger players in the NBA.
"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."
-On Toronto GM Glen Grunwald.
"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
"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."
-Oak, on being benched in favor of teenagers.