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Knicks fans made a play for LeBron James on Tuesday.
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Charles Barkley says LeBron James should stop talking about where he will sign in two years. Barkley thinks James shouldn't be talking about going to other teams while he's playing for Cleveland.
"If I was LeBron James, I would shut the hell up," Barkley said. "I'm a big LeBron fan. He's a stud. You gotta give him his props. I'm getting so annoyed he's talking about what he's going to do in two years. I think it's disrespectful to the game. I think it's disrespectful to the Cavliers."
Barkley compared James' actions to him going on TNT and saying he can't wait to go to ESPN in two years.
Barkley says going to New York won't even make a difference for LeBron. He'll be LeBron James whether he's in Cleveland, Sacramento or Tokyo. He has the same amount of marketing appeal.
Barkley says that no player has a bigger reputation because he plays in New York, except for maybe Joe Namath.
Dan brought up Derek Jeter. Would Jeter be this kind of star in another city? Barkley says Jeter would be a hero in Kansas City if he won four championships.
Dan and Charles also got into the Lakers' chances of winning 70 games this season. Charles said that the Lakers might have everything wrapped up early and have no incentive to play that hard at the end of the season.
Barkley said that he's disappointed there aren't more serious rivals to the Lakers and Celtics. Barkley says there are only three quality teams in the West -- L.A., Utah and New Orleans. And Cleveland and Boston are the only teams to watch in the East right now. |
Charles Barkley says LeBron James should stop talking about where he will sign in two years. Barkley thinks James shouldn't be talking about going to other teams while he's playing for Cleveland.
"If I was LeBron James, I would shut the hell up," Barkley said. "I'm a big LeBron fan. He's a stud. You gotta give him his props. I'm getting so annoyed he's talking about what he's going to do in two years. I think it's disrespectful to the game. I think it's disrespectful to the Cavliers."
Barkley compared James' actions to him going on TNT and saying he can't wait to go to ESPN in two years.
Barkley says going to New York won't even make a difference for LeBron. He'll be LeBron James whether he's in Cleveland, Sacramento or Tokyo. He has the same amount of marketing appeal.
Barkley says that no player has a bigger reputation because he plays in New York, except for maybe Joe Namath.
Dan brought up Derek Jeter. Would Jeter be this kind of star in another city? Barkley says Jeter would be a hero in Kansas City if he won four championships.
Dan and Charles also got into the Lakers' chances of winning 70 games this season. Charles said that the Lakers might have everything wrapped up early and have no incentive to play that hard at the end of the season.
Barkley said that he's disappointed there aren't more serious rivals to the Lakers and Celtics. Barkley says there are only three quality teams in the West -- L.A., Utah and New Orleans. And Cleveland and Boston are the only teams to watch in the East right now.