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The Barkley Question
Published: 2/24/2012 12:49 PM
Last Modified: 2/24/2012 12:49 PM

There is much to like about Charles Barkley, namely his belief that Skip Bayless is the biggest punk in sports history.

But the TNT NBA show is not as good as it used to be with the addition of Mumbles, Shaq. It is over-produced and tries too hard to be cute.

And Barkley won't shut up about how he thinks the Thunder won't win the west because of a lack of inside scoring.

We were the first to say Perkins is a near-flop. He can't score a lick. But he is tough and can defend until he picks up the fifth foul.

Barkley's point about a lack of easy inside points seems less authentic by the day. Isn't a Durant dunk an easy inside basket? Isn't a Westbrook dunk an easy two? The centers aren't dunking. But everybody else is. So Barkley needs to quit trying to be controversial and watch the games.

He picks San Antonio to win the west. Elderly Tim Duncan can win a seven-game series at OKC?

A tough assignment.

Barkley was much better when he was tubby.




Reader Comments 10 Total
billwilcox (12 months ago)
great thoughts!
                    
PostThis (12 months ago)
These are the same thought posted almost every blog. Shaq=mumbles and Barkley was funnier before he lost weight.

I guess the Picker can't come up with anything new to write about.
LaffALot (12 months ago)
Glad my life is more exciting like cleaning
out my belly button lent vs. watching
a bunch of NBA bobble heads give us
their glamorous opinion about NBA tidbits
Yawn! Has there ever been a sports panel
of has been’s that’s actually said anything relevant?

Da’ wonders have shooters everywhere,
& w/ 18 inside fouls to give
the Perk-A-Later, Nasty-homad, &
Cold-Rich make other teams pay inside the paint.
IF defense wins the NBA,
Presti & co. might have found the right mix.

& speaking of shows that were good before they became popular
U can chalk up Cougar town to Get out of Town
Raising Hope now as Lost hope
Modern “tragic” family
Office is now “Awfulness”
Big Bang Theory beating American Idol?
O give me Community on 30 Rock

Surprised Snicker hasn’t commented on the
last season of your favorite cynic, narcissist,
sarcastic, & curmudgeon, Gregory House
The Picker (12 months ago)
Here are two new things, you're lost, and OKC is the best in the west.
BOOMER! SOONER! (12 months ago)
LaffALot, I consistently find your posts have the worst ratio of attempts at humor to actual humor on this website.
                    
LaffALot (12 months ago)
Humor? Nothing’s funnier than watching
the Jerry Springer ‘Gooner fan contingent
defend their beloved Bloomers.
Oh, to admit they might be average
just scares the “bleep” out of them.
                    
BOOMER! SOONER! (12 months ago)
I'm not sure why you feel a need to tie OU into this completely unrelated article, but I can assure you my day is less interesting having read your posts.
                    
PostThis (12 months ago)
BOOMER, I tried to express to laff a little how unfunny his posts are. I stopped trying and now just completely skip them.
The Picker (12 months ago)
Laff, OKC is on the verge of big history.
Gregory House is a joke and is mercifully going off the air.
Glenn616 (12 months ago)
There are not very many true centers that can put up big points in the NBA anymore. There's a lot more speed on the inside, which is why you have small forwards and power forwards (and even guards) getting a lot of your easy inside baskets. Gone are the Shaq and Kareem type of big men. For example, Chris Bosh of the Heat is more of a small/power forward then a center. IMHO, the days of the true center could very well be numbered.
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