Stephen A. Smith told Charles Barkley to cut the “Bulls ***” and warned “Chuck” that ESPN stars are waiting to give him a piece of their mind when he joins the network.
The basketball legend will soon be colleagues with Smith, with “Inside The NBA” to broadcast on ESPN of next season.
But Thursday, Barkley launched a remarkable attack on the network and, in particular, Kendrick Perkins.
The renowned temple marked Perkins a “crazy” and an “idiot” and castigated the Espn coverage of the Los Angeles Lakers.
He also targeted the “blade A ** Lebron James-Michael Jordan Debate” of the network “in a search barely lived in Smith, which was faced with YouTuber Kai Cenat for whom is the largest basketball player of all time.
“I have said for years: the only people to talk about LeBron and Michael are people on television who have no talent for talking about something else,” said Barkley.
Stephen A. Smith retaliated on Charles Barkley before the NBA passes to the network
Barkley castigated Perkins and ESPN on what he perceives as an obsession for Lakers
“I have been saying this for years. I don’t hang on to the 90s. I always said it: LeBron is great, Michael is great. But you all talk about it all the time … it drives me crazy.
“Oklahoma City (Thunder) and Cleveland Cavaliers are the two best stories in the NBA this year.”
This aroused a response from Smith, who this week has entered into an agreement of $ 100 million with ESPN. Smith told Barkley to be clear about who he was talking about.
“Yo Chuck, stop the BS with the” Y’All “. Join a name: “The ESPN star wrote on X.
“I know I talked about @cavs being threat n ° 1 for @Celtics. Once you have come here, there will be people waiting to call you a fool. PS you know I love you, however. See you soon.
With TNT losing the national rights of the NBA next season, Barkley and TNT inside the NBA crew will go to ESPN.
Barkley was a long -standing critic of the NBA network and its cover. He challenged the recent affirmation of Perkins according to which ‘rIGHT Now, Los Angeles Lakers save the NBA.
Perkins was expressed on Wednesday, before LeBron James, Luka Doncic and Co stretched out their sequence of victories at eight games.
Smith is photographed with the legend of Floyd Mayweather JR boxing at the Knicks-Lakers game
Charles Barkley and Kendrick Perkins are seen to speak before a 2019 NBA final match
“I saw an idiot, idiot on television saying that the Lakers saved the NBA,” said Barkley. “He’s an idiot and a fool, but he knows who he is … They crazy on the other network, that we are going to work for next year, that’s all they are talking about … You are all idiots.”
Barkley added: “But it is because you imitate on the other network, which we are going to become fools next year when we work on this network, but Oklahoma City and the Cavs have swept for six months. You all talk about teams that have known two big weeks.
In response, the old Celtic center retaliated on social networks.
“Hé @nbaontnt,” wrote Perkins on X. “could tell the elderly person Charles Barkley that I will be there. When he sees an idiot or a fool in person, make sure he keeps the same energy. He can come and play with me if he wants.
