No. Charles Oakley is one of the Top 5 NBA players to never win a championship according to Bleacherreport.com.
At Virginia Union University, Charles Oakley was a machine on the glass. For his four years of college his average was 14 rebounds per game. For his senior season he was at 17.3 rebounds per game. He did also score with around 20 points at 60% from the field.
In his first season with the Bulls, they gave him 23 minutes a game and Oakley brought down 8.6 rebounds per game. He played all 82 games in his second season of NBA basketball and started in 81 of them.
During that second season, 1986-87, Oakley averaged 14.5 points and 13.1 rebounds. He also had 3.6 assists per game, a very good number for a power forward.
A deal was made, Oakley was sent out by the Chicago Bulls with a 1988 first round draft pick and a 1988 third round draft pick to New York for Bill Cartwright, a 1988 first round draft pick and a 1988 third round draft pick. The teams moved around the draft but it was mainly about Oakley becoming the power forward for New York and Cartwright becoming the new starting center for Chicago.
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