Charles Oakley Rips Patrick Ewing, Latrell Sprewell and More Knicks Players

New York Knicks legend Charles Oakley apparently doesn't have fond memories of some of his former teammates. 

Appearing on WFAN's The D.A. Show on Monday, Oakley said Patrick Ewing's "high-maintenance" style of play hurt those old Knicks teams:

"Even though I said he's high-maintenance, people might take that wrong – he was a high-maintenance player. Everybody in the world knows he was. You got to be special to play with Patrick. You had to do so much out of your ordinary just to be on the team, and that hurt us sometimes. As a team, we're supposed to be close and together. It wasn't that. We had to make sure he was happy. He didn't care if we was happy or not. That's a sad situation, and I see why the Knicks won't give him a job. He treated them bad—inside out. Chris [Childs] will tell you. He was tough to play with, but he wasn't no problem to me because I understand. Mase [Anthony Mason] had a problem with it because Mase always hollered and cussed at him."

Oakley also said he "lost respect" for several former Knicks, including Latrell Sprewell, Larry Johnson and Bernard King, for appearing at a game alongside team governor James Dolan days after the February 2017 incident in which Oakley was arrested at Madison Square Garden.

Oakley has never been shy about speaking his mind, especially as it relates to the Knicks. 

After Oakley's arrest at Madison Square Garden in 2017, Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix noted the former All-Star has had a "complicated, often contemptuous relationship" with the organization and was rarely seen at the arena. 

The arrest came after security approached Oakley during a Knicks game against the Los Angeles Clippers. He was seen yelling at the staff and shoved one of them, leading security to handcuff Oakley and escort him from the arena.

Days after Oakley's arrest, ESPN's Ian Begley noted Dolan had Sprewell, King and Johnson sitting with him at a game against the San Antonio Spurs. 

"I'm just happy to be back now," Sprewell said at the time. "A guy named Jonathan [Supranowitz, Knicks vice president of public relations], I've kept in touch with him over the years and he worked his magic and he was able to pull some strings and get me back."

Oakley played 10 seasons with the Knicks from 1988-98. They made the playoffs every year he was with them and reached the NBA Finals in 1994.