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Oakley: NBA allowing Dolan to become next Donald Sterling

Charles Oakley’s lifetime ban may be reinstated soon.

The Knicks great unloaded on James Dolan on Thursday, comparing him to ousted Clippers owner Donald Sterling in an interview with SI.com. Sterling was booted out of the league in 2014 after his girlfriend released tapes of him using racial slurs.

“He is definitely a control freak,” Oakley said as the controversy has now reached its eighth day. “He has everybody in The Garden on pins and needles. The other owners know this. That’s the bad thing about it. This is going to end up like what happened with the L.