At first it was easy to view Charles Oakley as the hero of the story, even though he handled his 2017 ejection from Madison Square Garden like the enforcer he once was for the Knicks, but Oak has now taken multiple unnecessary potshots at Patrick Ewing, which cannot stand.
This is a bittersweet blog, because Oakley and Ewing used to stand as faces of the franchise; Ewing was the superstar, Oakley did the dirty work, and together they made the playoffs 10 straight seasons. Over 727 games with the Knicks, Oakley averaged a double-double (10.