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Latrell Sprewell gets royal treatment at Garden in first visit since ’04

Charles Oakley is out, but Latrell Sprewell is back in.

Sprewell had not been welcome back at Madison Square Garden after cursing at Knicks owner James Dolan during a game in 2003. The popular former Knick wasn’t only back in the building Sunday, but he sat right next to Dolan four days after Oakley, another beloved former player, was physically removed from his seat, arrested and ultimately banned from the Garden.

“I can’t tell you why I haven’t been back here, but I’ll tell you when I left, I was not happy,” Sprewell said in an interview with ABC.