smackeddog wrote:CrushAlot wrote:The Oakley incident is getting a lot of coverage. It sounds like people are backing up Oak's story. Taxes, management, ownership equals no free agents of any merit coming to NY.
The Oakley incident will be way more damaging than Phil's comments- shows that's how dolan and the knicks treat their hardest workering players. Disgusting
Basically you have two that have been outcasted. Spree and Oak.
How is that an indictment of how they treat their hardest guys? They crossed lines.
How many businesses embrace and honor those that are openly critical in a hostile manner? Spree came to NY after he choked his coach, he was not exactly a boy scout here, and he ended on a sour note with an idiotic statement with Minny!
Oak seems to be very public about things that are Oak and he likes to be in the limelight. I like the guy, the entrepreneur oak, the loyal Clevelander, the loyal son to his mother, the tough Knick, the empathetic friend...Then there is the Oak who likes public feuds that seem to also sabotage his businesses. He has been rejected by knicks because he crossed lines. Lets be real, Oak landed Oak in jail, not Dolan.
what suppose to happen, Let Oak stand in front of Dolan and let him physically intimidate because they don't get along in font of 20,000 people? Oak was asked to leave, and he didn't. He has been banned by the team. Its their right to do so. Oak wanted the confrontation. He made the knicks look bad. So basically it was about Oak, not his love for the team. Oak has been humiliated by the franchise for his comments and method. Remember, knicks like any other franchise love to parade feel good stories. Knicks have supported the rebellious John Starks, they made amends with larry johnson. Other than hiring Patrick, they are good with him. Patrick burned some bridges too, but they made amends.
Last nite Oak's message might have been valid, but he was wrong in his delivery.
