Is Charles Barkley Coming To OKC?
Could Hall of Fame NBA forward Charles Barkley finally be on the verge of keeping his word and coming to Oklahoma City?
That’s what the former five-time All-Star and league MVP said Monday night at halftime of the Thunder-Lakers game on TNT.
Barkley, now an analyst for the network, responded to a column that appeared in The Oklahoman on Jan. 13 that called him out for never visiting the city as he said he once said he would. Barkley originally said in 2006 during All-Star Weekend in Houston that he would make a trip to Oklahoma after calling the state “a vast wasteland” and “no place for black people.”
TNT host Ernie Johnson began the halftime show by asking Barkley about the column, which was written by Jenni Carlson, and whether Barkley would keep his word.
“Has it been five years?” Barkley asked. “Well, you know what? Jenni, you are a hundred percent correct. Now that you’ve got my good friend Scott Brooks there, and the great Maurice Cheeks, who I played with in Philly, I’ve got to come to Oklahoma City?”
When Johnson asked when he’s going to come, Barkley did not respond.
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Bottom line is that we have three point shooters, they just don’t make them. Looking at the stat sheet, we were even with the lakers (even rebounding) except for 3 pointers. We shot 9% from downtown. If you remove the 3 pointer attempts KD and Jeff shot nearly 50% (james harden is a different matter, the league is too big too fast for him, can’t get his shot off).
Offense is bad because there is no floor spacing (no three point makers or post man). Scott brooks likes to play small because it works with our tempo , against smaller teams (also he is a george karl disciple). He doesn’t adjust against lakers because starters are used to playing with each other (and we loose).
If KD can defend shooting guards, green can defend small forwards we can play big and matchup well with lakers, otherwise it is a lost cause (and why is KD playing 39 minutes per game, no wonder he can’t play on both ends effectively). If it is not possible we need a shooting guard who can shoot and defend, move jeff to the bench.
If our big men don’t develop soon, it would be good to add pieces soon, you don’t want to spoil the wonder years of kd and russ. Look at portland they were young and then got injured and thats that. It is your move Presti.
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Nope. We’re on the five year plan. By the time Presti implements his plan, KD’s contract will be up.
Except for the three point shooting–we played well. Both Nick and Serge played tough and gave us a chance. Four guys stepped up last night and competed in an elite setting on the national stage…Russ, KD, Serge and Nick. Jeff Green was invisible last night and neither James Harden or Thabo gave us anything at the two guard position. We can’t beat LA with Jeff Green and James Harden shooting like this from the perimeter. They had good looks and it had nothing to do with spacing—they just missed shots.
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We suck on offense. Idiotic, stupid plays, where we dribble the ball until there are 2 secs left on the shot clock and then jack something up. No movement. No brain power. Defense played well. Offense let us down. Can we get a new offense play caller for the Thunder. Let ‘em have it Darnell. Don’t let this team get away with their idiocy.