Charles Barkley's beef with Charles Oakley includes a preseason brawl and multiple face slaps

Charles Barkley and Charles Oakley are legends, both great players, both notorious characters, both unafraid of confrontation, each Charles has slapped the other Charles in the

face

. Charles Barkley is one of the best players to ever be MVP, while Charles Oakley was more of an unsung hero known for his defense, but the two have a lot in common, more than just 1,111 letters in their names. Both entered the basketball scene as underrated prospects who had chips on their shoulders for the rest of their careers. Both ranked among the best rebounders of all time. They both played in the big leagues. playoff teams, but both fell short of the championship, the most relevant similarity to our story is that Charles Barkley and Charles Oakley say what they think.

I don't know anything about Angola, but Angola is in trouble and both of them will gladly hurt you if you cross them. Oakley once threw a basketball in Tyrone Hills'

face

over a gambling debt. Barkley once threw a guy out of a bar window because he was throwing dice at him. I could give more examples, but this video would be like an hour, the point is. you don't do it with the Charles unless you want to get hit by a Charles Barkley was drafted by the Sixers in 1984 and quickly became the face of Philadelphia's post-championship era.

Oakley joined the Bulls in '85 and became an elite tough guy who provided some brilliant dirty work alongside the ascendant Michael Jordan, they filled different niches, but both loved to fight and enjoyed their battles from the beginning. Barkley was impressed by Oakley's energy at his strength, but made sure to belittle Oakley from the start when he was outmatched by Moses Malone. and Oakley felt comfortable responding in 1987, any encounter between these two became a wrestling match, the defense was tough, the fouls were tough, and the physical play began to resemble

beef

. In a March of '87 meeting between the Bulls and the Sixers, a fight broke out and the Charleses immediately took the opportunity to confront each other, but this was the '80s, a time when the game was more physical and the guys They fought all the time.

These Oakley Barclay battles were nothing special, they were fighting rubbish, talking on the ground and arguing over who. was the real king of rebounds, they surely crossed paths on the court, since Berkeley was one of Michael Jordan's best friends and Oakley was basically his bodyguard, but Oakley soon separated from Jordan and was traded to the Knicks in 1988 and in Oakley's first year as a Knick New York faced Barkley and the Sixers in the first round of the playoffs, it was a war, there were hard fouls, shoving and technical fouls, the Knicks dominated the series and Oakley's physical play got under Barclays skin when Barkley missed the overtime winner in Game 3, sealing in New York swept the Knicks they mocked Philadelphia by pushing brooms across the floor, however, Barkley insisted that he and Oakley were friends and would remain friends forever, honestly, although I think he meant it, we'll talk about this later, but I don't think Barkley ever took This dispute was taken seriously when he got tired of Philly in the early '90s and took in welcomed the possibility of joining his rival in the Knicks.

Chuck ended up being traded to the Suns in 1992 and now saw the Oakley Knicks only a couple of times a year. Those two teams did it. They had a legendary fight in 1993 caused by Kevin Johnson and Doc Rivers. Both Charleses were on the court for it, but they didn't really get involved. They did get involved in the first half of a game in February of '94. Berkeley and Oakland got involved and Berkeley spun. He turned around and slapped Oakley across the face, then dodged out of the way before Oak could hit him with a retaliatory punch.

Berkeley insisted that he was just playing with the slap, but Oakley didn't take it that way, as evidenced by you-know-the-bit. where he tried to hit him with infrequent meetings between teams in all conferences, Charles and Charles had to take advantage of any opportunity to keep the

beef

alive and so, friends, it ended with a fistfight in an exhibition game on October 25, 1996 Berkeley was a brand. Houston's new rocket was acclimating to a co-starring role alongside Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, it was the

preseason

, the game didn't count but Oakley wanted blood wherever he could get it and he wasted no time three minutes into the game Oakley tangled with Berkeley he knocked him to the ground and things got very rowdy from there after the incident Oakley hinted that Berkeley had it coming Park Li just mocked Oakley and said he was taking steroids Oakley was suspended two games Berkeley was suspended one game which delayed his debut in Houston until a showdown with his former team Chuck had thirty-three rebounds that night against the Suns this isn't relevant it's just holy Sh anyway Berkeley continued to torment Oakley during their next regular season game the Rockets crushed the Knicks in Houston and after dominating Oakley Barkley said he would continue torturing him until he got an apology, said he wanted to kill Oakley and made steroid jokes again.

Oakley couldn't do much about it, but he hated what he perceived as star treatment for Berkeley by the NBA and you. I realized he needed some revenge, but Barclays' career was coming to an end. They had only met twice more in February of 98. Barkley was a reserve player for Houston, but he continued to bother the bear even from the bench. Oakley brought out the best in In June 1998, the Knicks traded Oakley to the Toronto Raptors for Marcus Camby. Just a few days later, the longest lockout in NBA history began. In December, a group of Restless players organized a charity game in Atlantic City during the event.

Barclays reached out to Oakley's now-former teammate Patrick Ewing and told him the trade was an upgrade. He reportedly said Oakley was a hard worker, that tells you all you need. to find out about his game when all people can say is that he works hard word got out about Oakley and Oakley returned to Berkeley a few weeks later, the NBA Players Association met for a last-ditch effort to reach a deal with former NBA player Chucky. Brown remembers being near Berkeley in a hallway when Oakley approached looking angry and then approached Charles. Barkley supposedly denies this ever happened, but Oakley doesn't know that he must devise a long-term plan like the one I think for one of the boys.

On the board, the two Charleses only played one more game against each other before their careers ended. It was only a couple of months after the slap. Barkley apparently wanted nothing to do with Oakley in that game, so Oak threw an elbow at Hakeem Olajuwon, which I'm mostly counting. So I can show you this wonderful quote from Hakeem, but anyway, the problem with basketball is too much. Barkley talked a lot as a player and immediately after retiring, talking a lot became his job. Barkley speaks with even less filter as a television analyst and Oakley. he doesn't like this quote is from 2010.

Oakley discovered Twitter and used it repeatedly to go after Barkley. The main problem with him is basically that Barkley criticizes today's players, but apparently gets a pass for the trouble he got into when he was playing in 2016 later. The Cleveland Cavaliers set a playoff record 3 points in a blowout victory against the Hawks. Barkley suggested that Atlanta should have gotten physical to send a message that the team is just embarrassing you, you have to get the money that Oakley is from Cleveland and it's not like that, but Barkley basically put the blame on Oakley. Charles Oakley didn't like him, which is no big deal.

I don't like him with distaste. I don't think about that, it's not important enough for me to think about him and Oakley. I didn't exactly refute what Barkley said. I come here now in 2017, when Barkley had a war of words with LeBron. James Oakley fired off another tweet. He really seems to be a Cleveland guy. Now there have been rumors recently about a possible peace process. effort, but these two NBA legends may not be made for each other, their personalities are a perfect story. Barkley may not really have any strong feelings about oh, he doesn't like me.

I have no idea what I believe. I know why he's just famous. troll who says what he feels even if it upsets people Oakley is a notorious curmudgeon who gets upset easily and doesn't forget a grudge if you put those two characters in the same aggressive basketball era on paper, the same circles of friends, the same Union and the same public dialogue, well, what are you waiting for? A little meat is inevitable. Hey, thanks for watching the meat story. If you liked it, leave a comment if you didn't like it. Don't leave comments if you have more meats you would like. us to explore don't hesitate to suggest them and remember to click Subscribe right here