Charles Oakley isn’t closing the door on one day coming back to the Garden.

But whether or not it’s truly open from the other side remains to be seen.

The Knicks great has not been to the Garden since getting ejected after a scuffle with security at a game in February 2017 that stemmed from allegedly heckling owner James Dolan. Oakley has since been cleared of charges, but Dolan banned him from the Garden for an indefinite period of time.

Is there any scenario where Oakley could make a return?

“We’ll have to wait and see. We still got some things that still need to be worked out,” Oakley said Tuesday on “Big Apple Buckets,” the new New York Knicks podcast from the New York Post. “I’m always willing to work stuff out, because I’m that type of guy. But I don’t know if the door is open. Sometimes the door’s open doesn’t mean you can come in. I’ll have to wait and see.”

Regardless of whether he is welcome at the Garden, Oakley is revered by fans who watched him become a force in a Knicks uniform from 1988-98. He was part of teams that played “bully ball,” a style that the current Knicks roster has talked about trying to get back to.

“When they put you out on the court, this is New York,” Oakley said. “[Fans] expect to get something out of you. When you go in the game, it ain’t matter if it’s four or five loose balls, a charge, a steal, blocked shot, you gotta do something. Just don’t be out there looking pretty. This is New York. You gotta come with some to get some.”

The Knicks are off to a 1-3 start, but Oakley noted that rookie RJ Barrett has “been balling out.” He also pointed to Bobby Portis, who led the Knicks to their first win Monday night, as a player that has “got a little of me in him, but he’s more of a shooter, he’s more of a scorer than me.”

Oakley is not a fan of the one-year deals that the Knicks gave free agents this summer, believing it can lead to “selfish” play and impede chemistry. After Kevin Durant passed over the Knicks to sign with the Nets and recently told Hot 97, “the cool thing right now is not the Knicks,” Oakley said it’s up to the Knicks to change that.

“You gotta take it personal when someone says something about them,” Oakley said. “When you feel like someone’s throwing you under the bus or something, you got a good attitude and have attitude at all times. People are gonna say what they wanna say. But you gotta prove them wrong. When you prove them wrong, that’s better. Until you prove them wrong, they got a point.”

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