The 2020-21 NBA Season opened officially started on 22 December 2020, which the league also dubbed NBA Jersey Day. It also happened to be my 33rd birthday. For this special occassion, my older brother and sister-in-law blessed me with a Toronto Raptors Charles Oakley jersey.
This is the home style uniform the Toronto Raptors wore in 1998. Charles Oakley was one of my favourite players growing up and was really stoked when I first saw him in a Toronto Raptors jersey.
Born on 18 December 1963 in Cleveland OH, Charles Oakley played collegiately for Virginia Union between 1981-85. In the 1985 NBA Entry Draft, he was selected 9th overall by the Cleveland Cavs before his draft rights were traded to the Chicago Bulls. In 1988, he was traded to the New York Knicks where he'd spend the next 10 seasons.
In 1998, he was traded to the Toronto Raptors providing veteran leadership for a very young team which included Tracy McGrady [Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee Class of '17] and Vince Carter [1999 NBA Rookie of the Year]. In 2001, he was traded to Chicago and would have brief stints with the Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets before retiring as a player in 2004.
NBA Career Highlights
1, 282 games played
12, 417 total points [9.7 PPG]
12, 205 total rebounds [9.5 RPG]
3, 217 total assists [2.5 APG]
1986 NBA All-Rookie First Team
1994 NBA All-Defensive First Team
1994 NBA All-Star
1998 NBA All-Defensive Second Team
"If it ain't broke, don't break it." - Charles Oakley
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