Charles Oakley talks new book, case against Knicks and potentially fighting NBA legend

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Charles Oakley backs down from no one. 

For him, it is second nature. 

In his memoir, "The Last Enforcer," he says in most of his fights, the opposition starts it and he ends it.

Oakley, who committed the fourth-most personal fouls in NBA history, was known for his physical play throughout his 19-year career and even after. He once busted Julius "Dr. J" Irving's lip during a retired NBA players' pickup. Although it was an accident, he doubles down on the fact that he does not "give up layups." 

Whether he was Michael Jordan’s on-court bodyguard early in his career with the Chicago Bulls, Patrick Ewing’s defensive anchor with the New York Knicks or a veteran presence for a young Vince Carter and the Toronto Raptors in the late '90s, he was counted on and embraced his role as the enforcer.

"When you’re going into a tough situation, it always helps to have some protection, to have someone you can count on by your side, to have your back," Jordan says about Oakley in the memoir. 

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Oakley, 58, came one game shy of winning an NBA championship with the Knicks in 1994, but fell short in a tough seven-game series against the Houston Rockets. Although he was traded to the Toronto Raptors in 1998, he was remembered as a beloved Knick for his toughness on the defensive end.  

In 2017 Oakley was arrested and removed from Madison Square Garden during a Knicks game after the team states he behaved in a "highly inappropriate and completely abusive manner." Oakley was charged with assault and later countered with an ongoing civil lawsuit of his own. Despite the case, Oakley would "love" to see his jersey in