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Knicks tumble to Jazz on Day 1 of Lee boycott Security responds to ‘sell the team’ chants Oakley: ‘It’s a plantation over there. It’s bad!’
Coach Mike Miller can do little to save Knicks in 112-104 loss to Jazz that features more mayhem in wake of Monday’s Spike Lee fiasco.
Spike Lee invoked Charles Oakley when James Dolan’s goons allegedly tried to get him to use a different Madison Square Garden entrance earlier this week.
“If you want to arrest me like Oakley, go ahead,” Lee said to security guards.
Lee is referring to a 2017 incident between Dolan and Oakley. The Knicks owner had the popular forward ejected from a game and banned from the Garden for allegedly taunting Dolan, then put out a statement implying that Oakley was an alcoholic.
Oakley, who lost a lawsuit against Dolan last month, weighed in on the Knicks’ latest self-inflicted wound on Wednesday.
“It’s got to be stopped in some kind of way,” Oakley told the Associated Press. “The NBA has got to take a look at this.”
The Lee-Dolan meltdown overshadowed what should have been the best day of the year for the
Knicks: New president Leon Rose took over on the same day that RJ Barrett helped beat the Rockets in the best game of his career.
“They got a new president and all everyone is talking about what happened between Spike Lee and the Garden,” Oakley said. “I know Leon, he’s a great guy. But hey, this is something probably Obama can’t fix.”
In an interview with ESPN, Oakley said: “It’s a plantation over there. It’s bad.”
After Oakley’s lawsuit against
Dolan was dismissed, the Knicks tried to act like the feud was over. “Maybe now there can be peace between us,” the team said in a statement.
“There should have been peace anyway,” Oakley pointed out to AP. “Show me some respect. They keep disrespecting me. I feel sorry for the people who stuff keeps happening to.”
“I ain’t ever seen a team lose make this much news,” Oakley said. “Maybe the Dallas Cowboys.”