Charles Oakley Net Worth

How much is Charles Oakley worth?

$52 Million

Charles Oakley is a retired American professional basketball player, he has a net worth of $52 million. Charles Oakley has earned his net worth from his career as a power forward of the NBA. He played basketball with the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets. He was born on December 18, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio; he went to college at a historically black university located in Richmond, Virginia known as Virginia Union University. Oakley is currently the assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats, a position he took after retiring as a player in the National Basketball Association. During his long professional playing career he won several awards and honors, he currently ranks 14th all-time in NBA games played with 1,282 games. Among these career honors are NBA All-Defensive First Team in 1994, NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 1998, NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1986 and NBA All- Star in 1994. He began his new career as assistant coach of the Charlotte Bobcats on December 23, 2010. Oakley claims he was assaulted on May 28, 2010 at the Aria Resort & Casino, located in Las Vegas by five of the companies security guards. In 2011 he filed a lawsuit against the Casino for the alleged incident. Oakley's impressive career records include; top ten in rebounds per game between 1987 and 1994 five times, led the league in total rebounds twice (1987 and 1988) and a record 107 starts in a single season. In 2007 it was announced that Oakley wanted to back a comeback, then age 44 although Dallas, Miami, Cleveland and New York were interested he said he would not comeback cheap, and has not played professional basketball since. The Bobcats were established in 2004 as an expansion team, they play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association.

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