Ex-Knicks star Charles Oakley continuing MSG holdout amid beef with owner James Dolan

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Former New York Knicks stars have been sitting courtside, cheering on their old team throughout the playoffs - but Charles Oakley has been absent.

Oakley's highly-publicized beef with the Knicks hit its peak in 2017 when Oakley was ejected from a Knicks game and hit a security official near owner James Dolan's courtside seat.

The incident remains a he-said, he-said - the team said Oakley was yelling continuously at Dolan, but Oakley has denied that, and instead said he was asked to leave the arena shortly after taking his seat at the game for no reason.

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Former NBA player  Charles Oakley sits court side prior to the game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks at Quicken Loans Arena on February 15, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

Well, Oakley hasn't been back to the Garden since, and even with the Knicks having their best season since Oakley's playing days, he's holding onto his boycott.

Oakley was arrested for, but eventually cleared of, assault, but there is still an ongoing legal battle between the two of them.

Despite that, Oakley says Dolan's lawyers called his and invited him to a recent game. But it's a hard no.

"They've got to apologize," he said to The Associated Press. "We'll go from there. Can (Dolan) be man enough to say, mistakes happen. And he made one."

Oakley brought assault and battery claims against Dolan and an amended lawsuit was filed just last month. An order Thursday assigned it to Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron to handle going forward.

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