[Fact Checker] Barkley: Rockets Can't Win by Outscoring Golden State

Definitely agree with you

 

The only way we can beat the warriors is by outscoring them

 

Former players turned "analysts" = a confederacy of redundant dunces (CORD). A clown show, if you will. That's for clowns, by clowns...like Kevin McHale. Speaking of cords, unplug your TV when it comes on.

 

This team is special!

 

I only watch shows that @Will and true rockets fans like to watch

 

reminds me of John Madden

 

Seems like you have never seen Clutch City

 

I know I'm going a little off topic, but am I the only one who can't even watch Inside the NBA anymore? Shaq ruined that show. Maybe it'd be fine if they had fired Barkley, but you can't have two guys who want to be the clown. They don't seem to like each other either which is unpleasant. I enjoyed the camaraderie between EJ, Kenny and Charles. I do not enjoy watching Shaq and Barkley hate each other.

I haven't watched it in well over a year now and probably won't return to it until one or the other of Shaq or Barkley is gone. I'd prefer it be Shaq. He isn't funny at all.

 

Shaw isn't good at joking around. You can't tell Chuck can get under his skin lol

 

I'm so anxious after this Kings game. What will Stephen A say? We can't afford to fall further behind in the postgame wankery. The suspense is killing me.

 

Well ESPN ranked CP3 above Harden in the top 100 rankings. So Stephanie A Smith should give us props for beating the Kings on a back to back where we beat the best team in the league one night and were without our best player the next night. But we all know the rules change

 

Need both. A game here and there can be an outlier, there are so many variables (b2b, lineup changes, trades, mood, etc). In a playoff series there are far fewer valuables, fewer surprises, fewer tricks.

They're the #1 offense of all time and a top 2 defense right now. There are ways to beat that in a single game, but it is different when you're talking about 7 consecutive games against the same team. That means you have to:

1) equally efficient scoring
2) roughly same defense
3) outwork them in transition offense, transition defense, shock them on rebounds, dive for every loose ball, punish them physically when they drive

All. We have to do all of it. There's no trick, no smart loophole. Records have to be broken to beat this team in a playoff series.

And we will do it.

 

Before Shaq started his career on NBA on TNT I always thought of Shaq as a well tempered, somewhat intellegent dude who isn't a flaming narcissist but man his time on Inside the NBA has really opened my eyes.

The dude is a flaming douchebag who is ultra sensitive.

I actually have significantly more respect for Barkley because he handles all the jokes about him wonderfully even when they keep on going back to the "NO RINGS!" joke over and over.

 

It has nothing to do with who is shooting the ball. I never said our only offense is Harden going Isolation. But there are various points in the game when we just go to Harden Isolation and when this happens, everyone else is just standing around. I wish they would do some back screens and cuts or something, but everyone just watches.

 

Absolutely true. Shaq ruins it. Before him they were funny and could rib each other. Now? Shaq is like Trump. At any perceived slight he gets defensive and starts lashing out. That night for example they tried to switch to highlights and Shaq was shouting attacks at Barkley for cracking on Shaq. It's unbearable.

Offers no insight, talks over people who disagree with him, is unintelligible at times, sensitive and a bully all at the same time.

 

I agree with this.

Even in last night's game there were multiple times where everyone was just standing on the perimeter and the ball ends up with Ariza. The rest of the team is just standing waiting for a 3. Ariza keeps looking for someone to pass to but eventually drives and misses bad shot. They don't do enough off ball movement.

 

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. We barely beat the Warriors and they were without Draymond (who was a point shy of a trip doub going into the 4th) and they didn't have Iggy.

You can't beat the Warriors by 1 when they are a man and a half down and then act like we proved everyone wrong.

 

You just get the feeling Al that the team that scores the most points tonight is going to win this football game. BOOM! Hehe.

 

"lose the postgame show" is LOL! Someone needs to keep "post game show" W/L records.

Post Game Show Standings
1) Golden State Warriors
2) OKC Thunder
3) LA Lakers
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28) Chicago Bulls
29) Houston Rockets
30) NY Knicks