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Updated · New York Post · May 9Charles Oakley requests broom after Knicks sweep Sixers
8 articles · Updated · New York Post · May 9
- In Philadelphia at The Spectrum, Oakley told ballboy Gerald Brown to fetch the court sweeper after New York's first-round series win.
- A widely remembered photo showed Oakley, Mark Jackson, Sidney Green, Johnny Newman and Eddie Lee Wilkins posing with the broom.
- The gesture was seen as a final taunt toward Charles Barkley, whom Oakley disliked, and the image later made the back page of The Post.
How would Oakley's 1994 broom taunt be treated by the NBA and social media in 2026? Barkley reconciled with Jordan, but did he and career rival Charles Oakley ever bury the hatchet? As the Sixers face another Knicks sweep, will a modern 'broom incident' taunt Philadelphia again?