Chuck isn’t feeling this new, open flowing, new NBA!
The Round Mound of Rebound — Barkley is known for being overly critical of this new NBA — this time slamming the game over analytics, three-point shooting and the lack of post men.
If you look at the NBA now, it’s the worst it’s ever been, in my opinion. Everybody wants to use analytics, everybody want to shoot threes. Threes are great if you have a Steph Curry, a Klay Thompson, guys like that … But now, if you look around the NBA, everybody is trying to go small. We got a bunch of guys shooting threes who are not good shooters. Now we’re trying to relegate the big man out of the game.
If you look at the big picture — and this ain’t no ‘old guy hating on the young guys’ — the NBA is the worst it’s ever been, top to bottom. We got one or two, three or four good teams, and the rest of the teams stink.
People think I hate analytics. I hate analytics when you try to justify a way to figure out how you’re going to win.
If you go back and look at the NBA for the last 30 years, you know who won the championship? The team with the best players.
Thank Kevin Garnett for cutting Barkley off, and bringing some fun back to the show! Barkley speaks of a lack of inside game and parity, but does Charles remember that during Jordan’s heyday, nobody but the BULLS was winning this thing.
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