I listen to PGA Tour radio a bunch. Hitting the Green (a betting show during the mid day) host Michael Collins interviewed Charles Barkley today. It was a long interview that included how Chuck revamped his game recently and was accused of cheating (because he played below his handicap) while winning his member-member tournament.
Collins asked Chuck if he got a free pass to punch in the face any athlete of today, who would it be? Chuck said it would be Pat Beverley. He also mentioned Antonio Brown.
And he said that he loved Steph Curryās shooting ability, but his shimmy would not go over well in his days. He mentioned Tiger Woods and his club twirl, too. Too much showmanship for him.
āIf someone did something like that to me, Iād thump him in the head with my 7-iron,ā Chuck said. āAs far as a guardās celebration, we talked about that in the huddle. Iād tell our guards, let your man to the basket. The big man would put a body block on him. We had a hand signal for that.ā
Speaking of Barkley and former Razorbacks, I watched some of the Mavs-Nuggets game last night, then the post-game show. Barkley and Scott Hastings continued their years-long, playful back and forth about Hastings punching Barkley in the early 1990s during a Pistons-76ers game.
Hastings asked if he needed to get their āold friend Joe Kleineā to mediate a fight between them, to which Barkley said, āYou canāt get Joe out of Arkansas.ā It was a fun segment.
Beverlys ādefenseā of his teammates might be indefensible, but i have seen worse (sucker punching) in baseball brawls, and even in some football scrums. And i will say this, the trashtalking of the two suns players to the laker on the floor was pretty low life imo. Anyway i cant remember but did kermit johnson get eviscerated like this when he cold cocked and broke rudy tomjanovichs faceā¦a year or two ago?
Thxā¦Great ending to a horrible story. The thing i will always remember about Rudy T is he was drafted ahead of pistol pete (of course so was bob lanier).
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Well, Iām not a Charles Barkley fan.
I respect that I know where Charles is coming from, whether I agree with his take or not. Lots of people will spout what they think will earn themselves a status with a perceived audience. Charles doesnāt give a ratās azz and. stays in his laneā¦most of the timeš.
Iāve grown to like him more as Iāve gotten older. I appreciate how he says it like it is and he is willing to laugh at himself. Thatās an undervalued trait
