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Why Barkley ripped LeBron
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07:48 AM ET 11.29 | Charles Barkley had a message for LeBron James this week. James gave him one back on Friday. On TNT's "Inside the NBA" show Thursday, Barkley criticized James for entertaining questions about 2010 earlier this week in New York. "The outside forces should never affect your locker room," Barkley said. "I think LeBron has made some of the right comments, but he hasn't made the perfect comment. He still alienated 11 guys in his locker room. What I mean by that, he hasn't said, 'We are 12-3 right now, we are a championship-caliber team and we are going to win multiple championships here while I'm here, period, end of story.' " "He's stupid," James said of Barkley. "That's all I have to say about that."
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Haha finally someone has the balls to say something back to stupid barkley!!
gq420j
Bakersfield , CA
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I have to lean toward Barkley on this one. The coming out with the Big Apple sneakers, seeing him at court side with the celebs, and the press conference. I would not feel good if I were a young Cleveland fan. Not that Lebron did anything wrong, but putting the whole thing together has to make Cleveland a little anxious.
oldnicksfan
Brooklyn , NY
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barkley is right , the whole thing about talking to media is wrong , lebron should show some respect to his team , teammates , and cleveland fans and shut up . if he wants to leave the city and go to NY or any city, he can just talk to owners in private without disrespecting the whole cleveland city and talk about two years from now .
wolf-pack
Ankeny , IA
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what the hell is LBJ supposed to do?
ANYTHING he says will get twisted.
jgb
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No, you Lebron lovers need to get a clue. Barkley is right. Here's hoping Lebron leaves the Cavs so you eediots finally realize the truth that Lebron needs to shut his mouth.
david_stern_sux
Beverly Hills , CA
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Barkley isnt stupid at all for that comment. He is absolutely right.
You dont talk about where youre going 3 mos. from now, or 2 years from now. Its short sighted and if the cavs lose yet again, this impact on team chemistry would be a big factor in that.
Barkley is a loudmouth and blowhard, but just because its him saying it doesnt mean its automatically wrong.
Lebron, get your head out of your wallet and listen to the man if you want to win this year.
Saihung
Smyrna , DE
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Barklry is 100% right. Since the talk in the NBA is about 2010 why not forget the next 2 years and fast forward it to 2010. Then when the Knicks don't have enough support for a player who's name can't be mentioned we can laugh.
giwan
Snow Land, MI
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Yeah I agree with Barkley on this one too, LeBron should just make it clear he doesn't want to talk about 2010 until 2010. That way all the questions about him would stop for the while. I think he's gonna be leaving Cleveland anyway, personally. LeBron's argument for this will be 'Does Barkley have an NBA ring?' No, he doesn't so he can't tell LeBron to shut up about where he want's to go cause LeBron wants the best situation to win a ring.
Scottish-Baller
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Charles would never, never entertain questions like that. Bet on it.
Sacked91-PlaxisWax
New York , NY
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Lebron is a baller
Charles is the funniest man on television
Enough said
yaboywillie
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People forget that when Barkley was with the 76ers all he talked about towards the end was how much he wanted to be out of there. I don't think he ever let it affect his play, but he was certainly vocal.
djg
New York , NY
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I think a war of words between 2 grown men who are(and have) made millions of dollars playing a game is pretty funny. "You need to shut up!", "Oh yeah? Well, you're stupid!" Hilarious! Keep it going fellas!
The Love Caribou
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barkely needs to shut his old,stupid, and country mouth. lebron can do whatever he wants, when he wants. its his future at hand , not barkleys, who didnt do anything but win MVP one year. lebron is better than barkley ever was. lebron can talk about whatever he pleases. TNT needs to hurry up and dump charles , beucase i am tired of hearing his moronic comments every single game. why doesnt lebron make fun of barkley for being a piece of s!@$ gambler, and how he wastes his money making ludacris bets. barkley your a loser, and if you ever read this, lord knows you cant read, i hope a steel beam lands on your dumb bald head.
tbaggintarheel
Chapel Hill, NC
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I think Barkley is absolutely right. As much as I really like the maturity and class of Lebron, he's not exactly exhibiting that right now by continually answering questions about 2010 right now. How does he expect his team mates to feel? He really just need to shut it down, and not entertain the same questions.
wawaperry
Houston , TX
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James is smart enough to know how to play the money game. He can milk the 2010 rumor much like Wall Street with the subprime loans. With so many teams creating cap room for the 2010 class, less competition for the Cavs to win the next few years. The losers of the 2010 lottery will still need until 2012 to build competitive teams - another 2 years of subprime competitions for the Cavs. By then, James may end up with 2 - 3 NBA championship rings.
fredfromsj
San Jose , CA
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Charles is absolutely right. For all you Bron-lovers, who say things like "what else can he say?" take a look at Chris Bosh. He will be a free agent in 2010 and he has MVP numbers this year, and based on personality, I would personally sign him over Bron, but he doesnt say things like "I'm looking forward to it" or other stupid ****. He simply says "it two years away and I am focusing on now to win". Bron needs to drop the primadona attitude. Barkley is 100% right and he isn't the only one to think that way, just the only one on TV with the balls to say it outloud.
Slartibartfast
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...lebron is dissing his teammates by saying anything other than "my only concern is winning the nba title this season".........
privateer
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listen- I'm not a 'bron-lover'....
but your boy Bosh isn't on the same level as LBJ
people aren't HOUNDING bosh...LBJ does 10x the interviews
bosh does and EVERY interview he is asked the same thing
Should he say 'I won't answer any 2010 questions' ???
maybe...but we all complain when athletes give the
cookie cutter answer- so why are you upset at him simply
answering a question ?
jgb
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Lebron hasn't won anything yet. Hes talking about winning multiple championships. But that's all it is, just talk. If he is he man lets see if he can guide Cleveland to two straight NBA titles. He can talk the talk. Now can he walk the walk? Put up or shut up.
Barkley is right for calling him out. Stop dissing your present team and teammates Bron!
It Wasn't Me
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