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

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.

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.

Just be honest,' Oakley said. 'Just be transparent over what you put someone through and how you changed their life. This definitely changed my life. My daughter Googled me, they show them pulling me out of the Garden, that's bad. That's hell for a kid to see that.' MSG has denied all claims. 'There's no kind of agreement. There's no kind of, `Let's make this go away,'' Oakley said. 'They're not being transparent about what happened.

don't want to get in their way, they're playing great,' Oakley said. 'I'm going to cheer at the guys to do well. I'm not mad at nobody on the floor.' The Knicks currently lead their series against the Indiana Pacers, two games to one. They are aiming for their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance since 2000. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

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