Fact or Fiction: The NBA is ridiculous (in a good way)

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Fact or Fiction: The NBA is ridiculous (in a good way)

How ridiculous is the NBA? Let us count the ways. Over the past week or so …

• Two former players, stretching nearly 14 feet and weighing close to a combined 600 pounds, challenged each other to a fight over the way they believe the game should be covered from a media perspective.

That is what happened when TNT’s Charles Barkley said, “I want all the smoke,” calling ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins a “fool” and an “idiot.” To which Perkins said, “I will address his a** like the numbers on a house.”

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And what, pray tell, could possibly be the reason for these two behemoths to be so angry at each other? Barkley believes Perkins dedicates too much time to the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors. That is it. That is the entirety of their latest beef, at least so far as I read it. A Hall of Famer is upset because a guy who averaged 5.4 points per game for his career is not talking about the Cleveland Cavaliers enough.

Hollywood drama, anyone? (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

• One of the greatest players in the history of the league personally and very publicly admonished a media member for daring to talk about his son’s ability to play basketball, even though his son plays basketball professionally. And one of those people is somewhat seriously being discussed as a potential candidate for President of the United States, and it is not LeBron James or his son. It is Stephen A. Smith.

James, who tweeted last season how “hilarious” it was how much better Bronny is than some NBA peers, is essentially big mad that Smith has called him out on it, saying, “I am pleading with LeBron James as a father: Stop this.” “This,” we assume, is the dog-and-pony show of pretending that Bronny James would be in the NBA, earning $8 million from those very Lakers…

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Author : Ben Rohrbach

Publish date : 2025-03-14 17:21:00

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