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TNT analyst Charles Barkley, left, went at Lakers coach JJ Redick and his recent criticism of the media during the “Inside the NBA” show on Thursday, saying “JJ, you come for the king, you better not miss.”
Lakers coach JJ Redick went on a bit of a tangent last month about how an overly critical media might be partly responsible for a decline in NBA ratings this season.
Charles Barkley, a basketball Hall of Famer and longtime analyst on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” show, apparently took Redick’s words personally and delivered a rant of his own two weeks later.
As Barkley and company were showing the highlights from the Boston Celtics’ 118-115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night, host Ernie Johnson commented on the high number of three-point shots (96) attempted during the game.
Barkley sarcastically commented that it was his fault and that “I heard JJ Redick said something about me.”
Johnson took the bait and asked, “Did he name you specifically or was he just talking about folks on TV?”
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Barkley took over from there, speaking about Redick as the Celtics-Timberwolves highlights continued to run.
“He said something about we’re the reason people ain’t watch this crappy product we got,” Barkley said. “Yeah, us, like we out there jacking up 100 threes a night. JJ, JJ, you come for the king, you better not miss. ‘Cause I can get you, brother, ‘cause I got your — remember, I got your Lakers games.”
Barkley kept going about Redick and the Lakers (19-14), mentioning the two men who preceded Redick as the team’s head coach.
“You can’t hide them flaws they got. You just a dead man walking,” Barkley said. “They got rid of Frank Vogel, who did a good job. They got rid of Darvin Ham, who did a good job. You came out there thinking you were gonna change things with that same ugly girl you went on the date with.”
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At this point, Johnson resumed describing the highlights being shown onscreen, but Barkley wasn’t deterred and kept talking over him, much…
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Author : LA Times
Publish date : 2025-01-03 20:59:00
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