NBA legend Charles Oakley has had an eventful year, starting with his very public feud with New York Knicks owner James Dolan.Now, the longtime Knick is back in the news - this time for his criticism of fellow NBA legend Dennis Rodman.Following Rodman's recent criticism of Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James, Oakley jumped in to defend James - a player with whom he has a close relationship.On Thursday evening, Oakley sent the below tweet, calling out Rodman by referencing the time Rodman donned a wedding dress in order to marry himself:

The iconic (and strange) photo Oakley is referring to can be seen here (and then hopefully never seen again):

What's interesting about Oakley's comments is that Oak is one of Michael Jordan's closest friends. Therefore, it's probably best to read the tweet as an endorsement of James and not as an indictment of MJ.

Rodman's controversial statements, which can be seen below, came on Tuesday's "Reiter Than You" show with CBS Sports writer Bill Reiter:

“You know what, LeBron’s doing one thing that I always said that Michael Jordan never did,” Rodman said. “He never rested. He played every game. He played every game. LeBron has the position to do this now because they need him. The league needs him that’s why he’s doing all this crazy s--- now like b----ing and complaining and all this [BS].”

Obviously, today's NBA is a lot different than the NBA Jordan played in. Guys like Rodman (and Oakley) would not have been able to play their hard-nosed enforcer roles with today's rules for defensive players.

Also, though MJ made quite a few deep postseason runs in his career (including back-to-back title three-peats from 1991-93 and 1996-98), but he never went to six-straight NBA Finals like LeBron has. And LeBron has the Cavs in position to make it seven in a row this year.

Even MJ himself wouldn't question LeBron's toughness, and that's the point it seems Oakley was trying to make by calling out Rodman for his recent comments.

At 51-27, the Cavaliers currently hold the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoff race by 1.5 games over the second-place Boston Celtics. Cleveland faces a tough road in its final four regular-season games, playing the Atlanta Hawks twice and one game apiece against the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors.

However, those aren't the important games for LeBron and his teammates. Those games start when the playoffs begin, as James needs to do everything he can to ensure he's ready for what's sure to be another lengthy postseason schedule.