What did I ever say that was so bad that he would ignore me like that? I wondered. Oakley went further into how oddly tense the relationship with Knicks owner and writes “You would have thought I did something to his wife. “All LeBron said was, ‘This is why I’m never going to New York.'” “I walked back to LeBron and said, ‘This motherf***er (Dolan) wouldn’t shake my hand,'” Oakley claims. In the new book, Charles Oakley recalled a 2014 conversation with LeBron James that went something like this:

But former New York Knicks power forward Charles Oakley, who was previously banned from MSG by owner James Dolan, claims LeBron would never play in New York and he shared details about it in his new book titled The Last Enforcer.Ĭharles Oakley Claims LeBron James Told Why He’d Never Play For The New York Knicks He’s expressed admiration of Madison Square Garden throughout the years and it gets Knicks’ fans hopes up every time.

There have been multiple times through his career where LeBron James was linked to the New York Knicks. Just last April, LeBron James tweeted “the league is simply better off when the Knicks are winning.” They are a historic franchise located in NYC, the capital of the world, and when the Knicks-Celtics or Knicks-Lakers rivalry is competitive it just makes the NBA better, in my opinion.ĭo you know who else feels that way? LeBron James. I’m saying this as someone who is pretty impartial (a Mavs fan). The NBA is objectively more entertaining when the New York Knicks are competitive and have a good team.

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In the book, Charles Oakley claims LeBron shared with him why James would never play for the New York Knicks.Former New York Knicks power forward Charles Oakley has a new book out titled ‘The Last Enforcer’.

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