Bored With Basketball, Charles Barkley Goes All-In on the Stanley Cup Final
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After spending the better part of the NBA playoffs bemoaning the state of modern basketball while talking up his long-standing love of hockey, TNT analyst Charles Barkley on Monday night continued to serve as a goodwill ambassador for the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Final — often at the expense of pro hoops.
Sitting in with NBC announcers Liam McHugh and Mike Milbury during the second intermission of Game 4 of the Predators-Penguins series, Barkley threw shade at the NBA while heaping praise on the NHL. “I’m just glad to be here because the NBA playoffs have not been great, while the Stanley Cup playoffs have been amazing,” Barkley said.
Barkley’s assessment seemed to puzzle Milbury, who wondered if the NBA Hall of Famer shouldn’t perhaps be a bit more cautious about criticizing the league that accounts for his livelihood. “What’s the matter with you, talking about the NBA playoffs?” Milbury cracked. “Don’t you get a paycheck for talking about that in a nice way?”
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