Diogenes would never have believed there is a Charles Oakley.
Diogenes is the famed Greek philosopher and perpetual cynic — believed to be the first New York City journalist —whose search for the honest man was fruitless because, well, he didn't exist.
Oakley is having that notion questioned these days after the extraordinary events at Madison Square Garden last week when Oakley, one of the franchise's great figures in its competitive 1990s, was literally wrestled to the ground by a half dozen security agents, handcuffed, arrested and charged with assault as he was being evicted from Madison Square Garden minutes into a Knicks-Clippers game.