Reggie Miller claiming Charles Oakley for Pacers as Knicks great still at odds with MSG

If the Knicks don’t want Charles Oakley, Reggie Miller is extending an invitation.Miller posted an old photo of himself and Oakley on his Instagram story Sunday, with the caption, “Y’all don’t want this man in your building, we claiming him!! Charles you always welcome in Da Fieldhouse!!”Oakley, who spent 10 of his 19 seasons in the NBA with the Knicks, was famously banned from Madison Square Garden in 2017 by owner James Dolan after an altercation with security guards, and hasn’t been back since.He never played for Miller’s Pacers, and it seems unlikely that he’ll take the Hall of Famer up on his invite.Though he’s suing Dolan and MSG, Oakley used the word “we” when referring to the Knicks in a recent interview with The Post’s Howie Kussoy.“I see a lot of energy like when we played, especially the Villanova guys,” Oakley said on May 21, ahead of the start of the conference finals.“OG [Anunoby], he’s just a different animal.

[Mikal] Bridges is smooth, and [Jalen] Brunson, he’s not scared of the moment.”The Knicks extended something like an olive branch to Oakley a few days later, as The Post’s Jared Schwartz reported the team would have Oakley back at The Garden if he dropped the lawsuit.His ban is no longer a factor — Oakley can buy a ticket and attend games already.But without the lawsuit, he would be invited back, given seats and shown on the jumbotron along with all the other Knicks legends who are regularly there.Oakley’s case for assault and battery claims against Dolan and The Garden has twice been dismissed, but was reinstated by an appeals court in September.The 61-year-old Oakley was a fan favorite during his playing carer.“That’s up to two people, commissioner [Adam Silver] and the guy who owns the team [Dolan], but there’s a lot of things you can’t control in life,” Oakley told Kussoy.

“I played there for 10 years, the fans let me know [how they felt] when I played there, and I tried to show them lo...