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During his 19-year NBA career, Charles Oakley did it all: His teams were always competitive; Oak became a fan favorite in every city that he played in; he slapped an NBA player in the face who owed him money from a dice game; he punched another one because they liked the same woman; and rumor has it that he once beat the crap out of former teammate Vince Carter for, well...probably being Vince Carter.

In his Wikipedia profile, there's a section named "Oakley's feuds". Simply, he was one of my favorite guys in the League. And now, he has plans to put the intimate details of his NBA life in print.

"I'm not pulling any punches, true stories. It ain't one of those Charles Barkley fake books, it's a Charles Oakley book," Oakley said. "It's not an O.J. book, it's an Oakley book."

On why he can't reveal some of the book's details or who his co-author is:

"People might try to come after us and take us down, maybe send a hit man," Oakley said. "I have to protect myself, can't let it get out."

Rest assured that this will be one of the greatest books ever written by a former pro athlete.