Former NBA great and TNT analyst Charles Barkley is well-known in his post-playing career for being outspoken on television. Barkley is very opinionated and quickly makes it known which side he is on. Well, Barkley has a gripe about the modern-day NBA and hilariously used Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, who recently broke the record for most three-pointers made in NBA history, to make his claim.
"The biggest problem with the NBA right now is we gotta bunch of bums who aren't Steph Curry jacking up 3s every single night" ~Charles Barkley#PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/zjjdJD59GE
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) December 16, 2021
That is certainly a soundbite from the great Charles Barkley. Barkley feels that because of Stephen Curry's greatness from the three-point line, other players who are, well, not good, are chucking up attempts from beyond the arc.
If that wasn't funny enough, Barkley trying to come up with a reason why said players, or “bums” are hoisting up threes was equally hilarious. Barkley is fine with Curry and Warriors teammate Klay Thompson hoisting up as many threes as they want but everyone else in the NBA has officially been put on notice.
In all seriousness, Barkley does make some good points about the modern -day NBA, especially the part where he talks about how the game is less physical than it was during his time because of rule changes.
It was also nice to see Barkley say that he doesn't like to call the NBA that he played in better than the one that Curry, his Warriors teammates and opponents play in. Usually, former players wax poetic about how the old days were unquestionably better. That's not what Barkley does here.
This was not only a hilarious, but somewhat insightful take from Charles Barkley on why the NBA is awful. And with Stephen Curry as an example! That's one thing Warriors fans thought they would never hear.
Stay gold, Barkley.
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