Athletes Back Oakley

On February 8th during the Knicks home game against the LA Clippers, Knicks legend Charles Oakley was arrested after failing to cease yelling at owner James Dolan, who sat a few rows ahead (according to NY Knicks). In his statement, he disputed that he never yelled at Dolan and was confronted by Madison Square Garden security asking why he was sitting so close to Dolan.

Here is the video that went viral shortly after:

Charles Oakley will throw hands any time any place (via @ischafer) pic.twitter.com/MUOfDv4aAv

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) February 9, 2017

Following the video, NBA players took to social media to describe their disgust with the events that occurred. The Knicks organization has had issues recently, but forcefully dragging a Knick legend and All-Star, out of the arena was a disgrace. LeBron James and Chris Paul, two of the league's face figures, took to Instagram to share their feelings on the situation. Athletes more and more have been taking to social media to share opinions and thoughts on current issues.

Although what LeBron and Chris posted was not negative, it makes one wonder if teams will begin to monitor or add social media clauses in contracts to control what athletes say to prevent any possible negative response on the organization.

Mood!! #Legend

A post shared by LeBron James (@kingjames) on Feb 8, 2017 at 8:23pm PST

"Hope that he gets some help soon??" Don't like the way they're trying to portray Oak...ALWAYS had my back and the realest person our league has seen! #UncleOak

A post shared by Chris Paul (@cp3) on Feb 9, 2017 at 10:30am PST