Charles Oakley, the former Knicks great currently embroiled in a feud with team owner James Dolan, has agreed to play in the new 3-on-3 league founded by entertainer Ice Cube and featuring several other ex-NBA players.
Oakley, 53, will serve as a player/coach for a team that also will include Chauncey Billups and Stephen Jackson in the BIG3 league's inaugural season.
"Charles Oakley is an NBA legend, who deserves and has earned respect, and will get just that in our league," Ice Cube said.
Oakley has been at the center of a controversy with Dolan after he was forcibly removed from Madison Square Garden and arrested on misdemeanor assault charges Feb.