Taking the excessive highway, Patrick Ewing referred to as Charles Oakley “one in every of my greatest teammates.’’
The Georgetown coach was not about to get right into a spitting match with the outspoken Oakley, who signaled out Ewing’s reluctance to cross out of the double-team for his or her 1993 playoff heartbreaker in an interview with The Publish.
It wasn’t the primary time Oakley has gone after Ewing. In February, Oakley informed the KnicksFan podcast Ewing was “a troublesome teammate.’’
“I've nothing to say about what Charles has to say,” Ewing stated when requested about Oakley’s criticism on the Good Present Thursday. “He’s one in every of my greatest teammates. We went into a variety of wars and a variety of wars in opposition to the Bulls. So everyone seems to be entitled to their very own opinion.”
Oakley seems to be scorching that Ewing has by no means helped him with a job since their retirements nor defended him in 2017 after proprietor James Dolan had him tossed.
“I like Charles Oakley,’’ Ewing stated. “I nonetheless contemplate him a pal, however everyone is entitled to assume or say what they need.”
In a very pointed remark relating to Final Dance’s portrayal of the ’93 sequence, Oakley informed The Publish, “The Bulls had Michael and we had Patrick. It’s like seeing Beyoncé and going to see somebody attempting to be Beyoncé.”
Jeff Van Gundy, a Knicks assistant in 1993, additionally defended Ewing’s honor this week. “It’s not simply Charles,” Van Gundy reportedly stated. “It’s how individuals, even again then, how individuals attempt to painting Ewing as not coming by within the clutch.
“We now have amnesia typically as Knick individuals simply how good Ewing was.”
Although a Georgetown spokesman Ewing declined to speak to The Publish about Oakley’s brusque Bulls’ feedback.
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