"I'm going to send a package to all the different teams around the league and try to set up two or three big man camps over the summer. I'd like to help today's fours and fives understand the game better."

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We've had lots of talk about the need for a quality big man coach, perhaps someone with more recent experience than Mo Lucas. I can't think of a tougher, harder-nosed player in the last 20 years than Oak. Can you even imagine if 10% of Oakley rubbed off on LaMarcus and Greg? I shook his hand once here in Portland, it felt like shaking hands with someone wearing a baseball mitt.