Charles Oakley 'Open-Hand Slapped' Charles Barkley, Says Chucky Brown
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Charles Oakley and Charles Barkley were long-time rivals on the court. They even got into a fight during a preseason game in 1996.
But according to ex-NBA player and 1995 NBA champion Chucky Brown, Oakley and Barkley once got into it off the court.
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During the 1998-99 lockout, a bunch of NBA stars including Derrick Coleman, Anthony Mason, Brown, Oakley, and Brown were together amid labor discussions, Brown told the Jersey & Dress Shirts podcast.
"I see Oakley coming, so I'm looking at Oakley, and it looks like he's looking at me," Brown said on the podcast. "Barkley's standing right over [there]. Oakley and I had gotten into something on the court. I'm thinking I don't want to fight this dude, but if I gotta do it I gotta do it. He walks past me, he walks up to Charles Barkley and was like, 'What was this [expletive] you were saying?'
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"Barkley just kind of looked at him. And Oakley open-handed slapped him."
Brown says the former Sixer and NBA Hall Of Famer just took it and did not retaliate.