CHICAGO— It’ll be nearly a week until the TNT crew gets another crack at the Heat, with ESPN handling Friday’s Game 3 of Heat-Bulls. So a look at how Charles, Kenny, Shaq and Steve Kerr viewed things during Wednesday night’s broadcast of Game 2: Kerr, on Dwyane Wade’s frustration with the Bulls’ style of defense: ”Dwyane [...]
Charles Barkley: Referees overreacted in Game 2 of Heat-Bulls
Charles Barkley: To beat Heat, you must ‘punish’ Heat
MIAMI— The TNT crew of Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson as well as NBA TV analyst Steve Smith chimed in Thursday on matters Heat and Heat related. A few of the topics and a few of their thoughts: Miami vs. Oklahoma City Rematch Barkley, on the Finals rematch between Miami and Oklahoma City [...]
Charles Barkley: LeBron James masking Heat flaws
LOS ANGELES— For a second consecutive week they were at it again, Chuck, Kenny, Shaq and Ernie digging into the Miami Heat, this time with Charles Barkley reducing the Heat to one-man show. A sampling of what was said late Thursday night for those who didn’t get the chance to stay up: Barkley, on the [...]
Charles Barkley: Pacers, Bulls can beat the Heat
Included in TNT’s Thursday coverage of Heat-Trail Blazers was a spirited debate of who could possibly beat the Heat in the Eastern Conference playoffs. And, no, not nearly as many are continuing to talk about the Knicks, not with their injuries and growing maturity issues about Carmelo Anthony. But the Pacers did beat the Heat [...]
Pop-gate: TNT’s Shaq, Charles, Reggie chime in
MIAMI— So what might have Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker have heard from their couches during Thursday’s Heat-Spurs telecast on TNT? Here’s what: Shaquille O’Neal, on Spurs coach Gregg Popovich: ”We all know that Coach Popovich plays chess . . . not checkers.” Charles Barkley, on the Heat: “They are the best team [...]
Charles Barkley takes shot at Heat on SNL ( Video )
By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 12:13 p.m. EST, January 8, 2012 (TO COMMENT, CLICK ON “COMMENTS” TOP LEFT)— Charles Barkley hosted “Saturday Night Live” this week, so you just knew the Heat would stand as a prime target. No sooner did Barkley begin to promote his “postgame translator app,” then you knew what [...]
Charles Barkley to call Thursday’s Heat-Hawks on TNT
By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 1:40 p.m. EST, January 3, 2012 MIAMI— Charles Barkley, who spent much of last season telling the Miami Heat what they weren’t, will be able to tell it to their faces Thursday. TNT announced Tuesday that Barkley will be courtside as an analyst Thursday for the network’s broadcast [...]
Charles Barkley feasting again at the Heat bash-a-teria
Next thing you know, Charles Barkley will be blaming LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh for getting Rick Scott elected governor of Florida. Or for the price of gas. Or the Marlins’ struggles. So it comes as little surprise that the TNT analyst and Hall of Fame forward has been at it again, this [...]
Charles Barkley picks Mavs to beat Heat in NBA Finals
By Shandel Richardson, Sun Sentinel May 27, 2011 TNT analyst Charles Barkley continues to makes more Miami Heat enemies. After the Heat beat the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference finals, Barkley said on the post-game broadcast that they weren’t the team to beat in the NBA Finals. Barkley claimed the Western Conference champions, the [...]
WQAM’s Sid Rosenberg: Me and Charles Barkley — two peas in a pod
By Sid Rosenberg WQAM (560-AM) 12:18 p.m. EDT, May 24, 2011 If there’s one thing I have no patience for it is the “thin skinned” fan. You all know exactly who I’m talking about. He’s the guy that believes that if he always picks HIS team to win or takes his despise for the opponent [...]
