We don't want to say that Charles Oakley isn't happy in Chicago or anything like that. But it seems he's already planning on where to play next season.

Oakley has not ruled out returning to the Knicks when he becomes a free agent after the season, reports the Bergen Record. But the outspoken Bulls forward said he'll have to see what team best suits him.

"I'm going to see. They traded me once, but I don't hold grudges," Oakley said Saturday before going scoreless in the Knicks' 78-71 win at the Garden. "I'll go where I think is going to be best for me. I don't know right now what I'm going to do. L.A., Washington, New York, Cleveland. I don't know."

All Oakley knows is he won't be back in Chicago.

He has not been happy with how the Bulls are playing, and he doesn't always agree with decisions coach Tim Floyd makes. Two weeks ago, after a 53-point beating by Minnesota, he was fined $50,000 by the Bulls for criticizing Floyd.

Oakley said he would not demand a trade, but it's up to the Bulls to move him or lose him come next summer. "I don't bail out. I just wait for my time to get out," said Oakley, who will be 38 next month and believes he has a few more years left.