I think Barkley is great. His main criticism of the Kings has been that they are weak on defense. Many posters here say the same thing. Charles is on the show to be funny and contraversial. I like him because he says what he thinks, sometimes it's stupid, but other times it's on target. The great thing about the TNT show is that they realise all this sport commentary is just a bunch of bs anyway, so they try to have fun with it.
People shouldn't take sports commentaters seriously anyway.
People shouldn't take sports commentaters seriously anyway.
Bricklayer said:
Some people are just easily entertained. 
Watching a bunch of monkees fighting over a banana would probably be mildly amusing too, but when you tune in hoping to hear even a single intelligent comment about basketball -- you know that thing they show in between the half and postgame shows -- having a blathering idiot bragging about how he's been watching Kojak whicle the game is on is just stupid.
Watching a bunch of monkees fighting over a banana would probably be mildly amusing too, but when you tune in hoping to hear even a single intelligent comment about basketball -- you know that thing they show in between the half and postgame shows -- having a blathering idiot bragging about how he's been watching Kojak whicle the game is on is just stupid.
I'm usually entertained by the TNT guys, and that's my most important thing when watching sports.
Charles does have a mental block about the Kings, not sure if it's the Euro element or what, but his comments about us border on sheer idiocy. That really annoys me, but otherwise he's entertaining. Ernie and Kenny are legit.
The crew that Greg Anthony appears with and Steven A. Smith - I don't really have an opinon cuz I can't watch them for more than three minutes....hey I guess that IS an opinion - THEY SUCK!
Charles does have a mental block about the Kings, not sure if it's the Euro element or what, but his comments about us border on sheer idiocy. That really annoys me, but otherwise he's entertaining. Ernie and Kenny are legit.
The crew that Greg Anthony appears with and Steven A. Smith - I don't really have an opinon cuz I can't watch them for more than three minutes....hey I guess that IS an opinion - THEY SUCK!
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how exactly could webber dominate a game??? forget the princeton offense, a forward cant dominate a game by taking jump shots all day. i have no complaint with charles telling fans to get off his back, my complaint is him calling the rest of the kings "slugs". and you call it choking, i like to think of it as a series of extremely unfortunate events.
Charles is a great guy.
I just have to say that I met Charles last summer and he was VERY kind and funny.(he came over to say hi to my daughter on leave from Iraq) I don't like it when he dogs the Kings either, believe me. In fact, after speaking to him in person, it hurt MORE when he dogged the Kings. Oh well. Just wanted to say, he's Great....in person.
I just have to say that I met Charles last summer and he was VERY kind and funny.(he came over to say hi to my daughter on leave from Iraq) I don't like it when he dogs the Kings either, believe me. In fact, after speaking to him in person, it hurt MORE when he dogged the Kings. Oh well. Just wanted to say, he's Great....in person.
You just made my point for me. With our offense, the 4/5 guys play at the high post and the offense runs through them. What I'm saying is that it's hard to dominate when you are a power forward playing at the high post. Remember all those times when Webber finally got the ball in the low post and held the ball for a second or two? Let me refresh your memory: *Kings Fans* "OOhhhh," "Not again," "pass the ball, Webb," etc....
Kings fans at ARCO simply moaned and groaned nearly everytime Webber got the ball. It's not Webber's fault that he and Bibby were the only ones willing and able to take a last-minute shot. The choking reference was aimed at Peja.
Kings fans at ARCO simply moaned and groaned nearly everytime Webber got the ball. It's not Webber's fault that he and Bibby were the only ones willing and able to take a last-minute shot. The choking reference was aimed at Peja.
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not exactly sure what the last question means??? who is his supporting cast in philly. i wouldnt take them for any of the kings supporting cast. minus a.i.
are you referring to the supporting cast when webber was in sac?
webber seemed to have a better supporting cast in sacramento, his stats showed that. he needs to be in an offense where he can be more effective and move the ball..
although, i do like watching him shoot threes now with philly.
are you referring to the supporting cast when webber was in sac?
webber seemed to have a better supporting cast in sacramento, his stats showed that. he needs to be in an offense where he can be more effective and move the ball..
although, i do like watching him shoot threes now with philly.
for the record, the one player i think that charles has ever respected on the kings was chris webber... he consistently has praised him and remains as one one of the few media members who does...i remember his saying how terrible the webber trade was as well...he even said during thus years playoffs that it was unfair that webber got all the blame of the team since "them other guys dont show in the playoffs"
as for last year - charles vehemently applauded webb's effort and i disticntly remember his saying during game 7 vs. minnesota that "webb came to play ball tonight"
as for last year - charles vehemently applauded webb's effort and i disticntly remember his saying during game 7 vs. minnesota that "webb came to play ball tonight"
I find myself alternatively annoyed and amused by Charles, but tend towards annoyed. My all time favorite Charles moment EVER was last year after the playoffs when he interviewed Bibby & kept making these points about how you need x,y & z to WIN a championship... Bibby kept kind of blowing him off and Charles kept coming back with these very pointed remarks about how,"Mike, don't you think a team REALLY needs to do this (can't even remember the specifics) to do a championship"... Evidently Bibby finally got annoyed, because he finally said, "REALLY, and how would YOU know...????" Shut Barkley up really quick & gave me the biggest smile I've ever had when watching him....
