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Format:

Book

Author:

Oakley, Charles, 1963- author.

Title:

The last enforcer : outrageous stories from the life and times of one of the NBA's fiercest competitors / Charles Oakley with Frank Isola ; foreword by Michael Jordan.

Edition:

First Gallery Books hardcover edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York, NY : Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2022.

Description:

x, 278 pages ; 24 cm

Summary:

"A memoir from Charles Oakley--one of the toughest and most loyal players in NBA history--featuring unfiltered stories about the journey that basketball has taken him on and his relationships with Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, James Dolan, Donald Trump, George Floyd, and so many others"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects:

Oakley, Charles, 1963-

Oakley, Charles, 1963- -- Friends and associates.

African American basketball players -- Biography.

Basketball players -- United States -- Biography.

Basketball -- Social aspects -- United States.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Other Author:

Isola, Frank, 1964- author.

Jordan, Michael, 1963- writer of foreword.

Other Title:

Enforcer : outrageous stories from the life and times of one of the NBA's fiercest competitors

Stories from the life and times of one of the NBA's fiercest competitors

Life and times of one of the NBA's fiercest competitors

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Knocking out a jackass -- Welcome to the league -- Basketball junkie -- Protecting MJ -- The bomb squad -- The price of being late -- Life with Riley -- High-stakes basketball -- Reno to Houston -- "They will choke" -- Going Hollywood -- New York time's up -- Barkley and his big mouth -- Five minutes for fighting -- The reason they called me Oak Tree -- The last waltz -- Two kings -- The owner -- Say his name -- The blood of a legend.

LCCN:

2021035847

ISBN:

9781982175641

Other Number:

1259049493

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

949035

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

BIO Oakley