Charles Barkley responds to LeBron James on TNT Inside the NBA : I stick by what I said

but first Charles, LeBron and I felt like we should do

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they do on those TV shows and say earlier within the NBA that it all started 10 days ago. Cleveland gave up 70 points in the first half lost to the Pelicans playing without Anthony Davis after the LeBron unloaded the game saying he hoped the champion Cavaliers were dissatisfied as an organization that the Cavs were not a better team than last year from the point From the personnel point of view, he

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that when you don't have bodies it is difficult, if the heaviest are me, Kyrie and Kevin Love, we need a playmaker.

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, but let's see if we can do something. Those comments from LeBron prompted this response from Charles. LeBron James' comments were blank and appropriate. Why did they ollie me over the Cleveland Cavaliers? everything I wanted they have the highest payroll in NBA history, they bought him, they wanted Junior Smith last summer, they paid him, Shumpert won last summer, they bought the same way, excuse McHale Clark, he's the best player in the world because he loves all the good players. He doesn't want to compete, he's an incredible player, but this notion is that the defending champion and he should try to take anything above damn punches and I love all these young people, these wild punk reporters on TV who are afraid To call. a Browns brother, a great player and a great guy, but he knows that he has to have the best players on his team.

He has Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. He doesn't want to compete with everyone. He doesn't want to compete, he wants to be the favorite. It bothers me all the time that such a great guy doesn't want to compete and in response to that this was LeBron James on Charles, he hates

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makes what he says believable because he's on TV. I'm not going to allow it. He disrespected my legacy like that. It wasn't me who threw someone out a window. I had to spit on a child. I never had an unpaid debt in Las Vegas. I never said I'm not a role model.

I'm tired of biting myself. language, there is a new sheriff in town and that brings us to this Thursday night inside the J studio here in Italy, this was the most anticipated night. In fact, I've been too interested in myself. I was anticipating this, oh no. I think that's why they call. I didn't want to hear anything, look, no, I think fools laugh, eh, this is blurry to me, but I don't want any pre to be able to see what you had to say. I want to hear it fresh live and direct, okay, so some number. one I don't have a problem with what LeBron said I don't have a problem some all of it isn't true but some of it is true I've done some stupid things in my life, that being said I'm never I've been doing the job for 15 16 For years I have never said anything personal about a guy and I never will.

All of my criticism of any player or comments about any team is strictly about basketball. What I said was if I am the best player in the world. He is, he has Kyrie Irving, who is a star, he has Kevin Love, who is in Australia, the fantastic player Tristan Thompson. I'll take my chances against anyone. I don't need any help if I get those guys, that would be my personal opinion. I stay. That's why, Finn, they are the heaviest, everyone wants to. I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take those three guys. I'm pretty sure Russell Westbrook is going to take those three guys, but like I say, I'm never going to get personal, it's been fun. for me sitting listening and watching i played golf the last two days and people left me a ton of messages on my idiot phone i have two phones i have a private cell phone and now the idiot phone for the rest of the people who have the idiot phone been blowing up Thank God, I don't keep it with me, but like I say, LeBron is one of the top ten players I've ever seen, he's an incredible man, what he and his guys have done in terms of business is incredible, but my comments were What I said I stand by, but I'm never going to say anything personal about another NBA player, so you don't agree with the personal, how he attacked you personally, do I object to that?

Ernie. I've done some stupid things in my life. I have to live with that, but I didn't when you're safe within our position, when you say things, people are going to come back to you, like I said everything, first of all, they're my friends. I have great friends, number one, I speak Spanish loudly. school and I lost Martha Stewart in danger, he left out a couple of things I've been hungry for in my life, but like I say, I've done some stupid things in my life, that doesn't make my argument any less valid, like I say, I'm pretty sure.

Carmelo Anthony was a great player, leather cap, Kevin, look at Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson, same with Russell Westbrook, but as I say, my discussion with LeBron was strictly basketball related, he also said in his comments that if you They were going to have a conversation, I know where he will be with her in her visiting stadiums, is there interest on your part in talking to LeBron James? I met LeBron James probably ten times in my life we ​​shake hands and say hello we don't have to be friends. I'm not friends with most of these young people, but that being said doesn't mean we have to say positive things about them all the time.

I understand that they are very sensitive. Today's players. Would you like to sit down with LeBron James and find common ground? or set the record straight or take a knee or belittle anyone who thinks my comments were unfair. I don't think they are unfair, as I can see. Carmelo Anthony doesn't have any help. Russell Westbrook doesn't have much help. Kyrie Irving Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson and there are the defending champions for him to see all the time, we don't have enough. I tell them, well, everyone's ready to jump. You have to wait. Do you think I don't want to play?

Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving Tristan Thompson in my heyday, yeah, I think Charles, the only thing he probably found from afar seems like he was offended because he didn't want to compete, but I was watching him because I want to. I see him again and it's fresh again for me the first two times he asked me if it's not that he doesn't want to compete, which has been said in every barbershop, in every place and everywhere, and it happened to Kevin Durant When I went to Golden State, people said, what is it that Kevin Durant doesn't want to compete?

He's going to state, yeah, so he didn't want to, so it's not something that people aren't saying or thinking about, so I made an exception. I thought I went too far with LeBron because when you say you'll help, you should risk people saying they'll think that and because he came from the back of her brain to the front of his mouth. Are you doing it wrong? That's what I thought and I liked it. I was offended, maybe he is personal. I know Chuck made it personal when he said LeBron doesn't like to compete. Everyone knows it, including your kidney, when you win the championship and lose key players. like Dellavedova and Moscow, they have to regroup, that's what they didn't do.

Houston, their first year, they see them with 54 28 and when they came back and everyone was breaking their heads, they undid what they came and did. You mentioned it Clyde Drexler you have to regroup an additional question yes, when Kevin Durant went to Golden State you said this guy didn't want to compete no, I didn't say I didn't know this was never known oh no, Chris is looking at everyone, I know they He did to everyone, although he came a while ago, bro, when he said it gives the same impression, I'm not saying I understand his perspective, listen kid, you have to understand the perspective of others too, listen when we're in charge and we have these counselors with our own positions, you know, Chuck asked the question: we want the best players, you're absolutely right, we do, you're absolutely right, I want the best players when I kick a guy, I want them to be Addy Scott from Glen Rice when I got a guard who would go up against Westbrook.

I want them to be GP, so to answer your question, do I want all the big players? It doesn't matter if you got the highest. paid player you want to win championships or you just want to win games and then you know to lose that, well, the Eastern Conference Finals, you have to spend money to make money, well, you took apart a camera, that man and his man took a person with you, it's over. now he says something, you said, some just let it go, yeah, but I'm never going to talk to him personally, you have a person, you said the man should compete, no, I'm saying, listen, he's got help, they're the defending champions, this He has help, listen.

How can I say if Carmelo Anthony said I need help, that's understandable, honey. Russell Westbrook says he needed help if you're the best player in the world and he's the best player in the world by far, and like I say, it's not like him. The board is empty, he's got a car, Irving, who's the stud, he's got Kevin Love, who's the stud, it's never about the main players, he laughs at the others, he forgets the main one, but I'm here in tributes, he I mean, this guy has a great other defending champions, so listen, I'm not mad.

I would say I didn't get angry. I went and played golf, but I thought it was funny watching all these idiots on TV talking about LeBron and me for the last 48 hours, but I can say that I have never, no matter what NBA players say about me, I stand 100% with basketball in my criticism of any NBA player. I'm never going to say anything personal, that's not our job, our job is to give our honest opinion and I like it. Sometimes people get angry and that's fine, but the key word was that he didn't compete. I did not say that.

I'm sorry I said. Listen. He likes. It's not that they don't have a chance. Surely for me life is about perspective. Your Honor, how about a favor? It's there, but what I'm saying is: Can I like it? I said the guy who travels around. I said this last week in a Bentley Ferrari and a flattened private jet and it says, but you know what I want. He had an ordinary car. I can't understand your perspective because we don't do it well, but people are so-so, most people, because we can't understand your perspective, it doesn't make you right or him wrong, that was my point because perspective is that You've got a lot, man, okay, oh, you can't really complain about not having an everyday car, the little playmaker, this because you've got a lot, so I suspected it was with them.

I'll show this to Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler faces using win the championship, you beat them in that championship, Sam Cassell won in that championship, Big Shot Bob, he beat them in the championship here, you talk about the best players, you talk about others two, others win championships, we have superstars, we do what we do. Hold this fort for others. Michael George, would you send him to Utah? You would take him to a center. The esteem makes you cringe when you managed to get the boys to like me from injured and from the junior blacksmith, but they don't play well, so they had to leave, they didn't play.

Well, then they have to go, so I, if I'm in charge, yeah, I want the best place, so you'll watch LeBron James' all-star weekend and I'll shake his hand. I have no animosity abroad. You know, everything I have. What has ever been said about LeBron has been positive and all these guys, a top 10 player, an incredible guy, his management from the age of 18 until yesterday was incredible, but we can criticize the guys, our job is not to appear on TV and saying 1% positive things about guys, if we think they're wrong, it's not our job, it's important for guys and I'm not just talking about LeBron, I'm talking and that's why I'm saying this too Shaq because everything he just said about LeBron Positively, he said since he's been in the league, he's fine, but it was never a call or a call from anyone on that side to say you know you're helping my legacy there so he has Than being a two-way street, there is no better way if the players want that from us.

Listen, you gotta get all those great kids like Kevin Durant. We criticized them before I was the first guy on TV to say Kevin Durant would be the league MVP. Nobody ever said. I was close to the players leaving which is LeBron's debt, yes he did, he became the MVP, but if I criticize them for going to state, you can't, you can't just have a one-way street, There is a difference between criticisms. and personal, I guarantee you LeBron wasn't mad because Neal was inappropriate when you said that man doesn't want to compete, that's what upset them and I want to do it the same day Alda came back to your accident. come here and punch you in the face that's what I would do well first of all you're not a good fighter listen our job we have a job to do our job is to give our opinion or aren't they just personal you know person oh so listen first what nothing, I don't know what we personally disagree on.

I can say it as if I look at this big picture. I'll take my chances if we lose to the Spurs' Golden State Warriors and I have Kevin. Love and Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson. I'm good, let's say if I'm Carmelo Anthony or Russell Westbrook, I can complain and say I don't have enough help, but if I'm two stars and I'm the better player. in the world I don't think it's too much to say how I risk yourmoney we did this done done done after he said what he said and I said and I thought I was bombarded when people like well what don't you say I'm like a friend I don't have I don't have 12 who said something bad about me I have to say something bad about him I'm not 12 years old I'm a 53 year old man who will turn 54 in three weeks this notion that just because someone insults me I'm not 12 years old I'm not going to support Lisette in many projects when you take a

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off my shoulder now It's so hard to live up to your expectations here but I know this