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Kwame Brown Finally Meets Michael Jordan's Expectations

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Ten years later, Michael Jordan's expectations for Kwame Brown had clearly changed. His center, his No. 1 pick, the player who for so long symbolized his shortcomings as a front-office type, had scored 14 points and grabbed 18 rebounds for Charlotte in a win against the Kings Tuesday night. And...

Tip-Off Timer: Five Titles Should Put Rodman in Hall of Fame

Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Thursday, there are 5 days remaining. It takes five years of retirement for a player to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Make it 10 for Dennis Rodman, who always did things differently. He did win five NBA...

Charles Oakley: NBA Players Are Soft

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Former NBA star Charles Oakley was one of the toughest men to ever step foot on the hardwood -- his reputation was that of an enforcer, not backing down from anyone. In this video, Oakley...

NBA Essentials: Charles Oakley Doesn't Need MJ to Party

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day. 1. Deadspin: Photos of Charles Oakley getting his shirtless party on. 2. The Sporting Blog: The Celtics aren't a realistic model for success. 3. Chad Ford, ESPN: Draft approaching, rumors flying: Anderson Varejao, Leandro Barbosa, Linas Kleiza are some of the...

NBA Players Can Lose '$30,000 an Hour' During Airplane Card Games

Great read from Ira Winderman discussing the high stakes card games that go on throughout the league -- at 35,000 feet. Playing poker during flights between cities is a ritual as common as pre-game warmups for players on all 30 of the league's teams, and if it's not monitored by the team's authority figures, it's one...

Charles Oakley News From the Web

04/09/12 Ask Sir Charles Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA Charles, my ex-wife is a great mom, but there's one thing I'm worried about: She and her current husband are quite wealthy, and when my kid is at their place, he basically gets whatever he wants.

Background on Charles Oakley

Charles Oakley (born December 18, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. Oakley, a former power forward, was a member of the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets

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