Barkley Picks the Thunder

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Originally Posted by Dro210

Nah dude, EJ is awesome. He's always been the glue guy of Inside. He's gonna be hard to replace when he steps away.

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To each their own...

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

I agree - I have no idea how someone can hate on EJ. He's incredible. I think Shaq should go. I liked it so much better when it was just EJ, Kenny & Chuck. Shaq adds nothing to me. He has the worst takes, tries too hard to be funny (and I like Shaq) and just is not good on TV IMO.

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I hear that... I thought the same when he first stared, I didn't think he'd last, but I've grown to love him being on there just as much as anybody these days.

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Originally Posted by .G.

To each their own...

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No doubt :toast

barkley is awesome but his takes are pure shit. right or wrong.

Kenny Smith totally shit on Chuck for his pick though. :bobo

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Originally Posted by GSH

The fact is that, around here, analysts always suck if they don't pick the Spurs to win it all - every season, from the beginning. Barkley's an entertainer. Shaq is fucking P.T. Barnum. They don't care if you're pissed off, as long as you buy a ticket and some popcorn.

Hell, Ernie Johnson clearly isn't a "genetic lottery winner" - does that make him a better analyst that Barkley? It must, since "genetic lottery winners are the worst" - that means that Ernie, by definition, is better. Or maybe you think Ric Renner is a better analyst. He clearly isn't a genetic lottery winner, plus he's a Spurs homer. (I love Renner, BTW - hair and all. He's a goofy bastard, but he's OUR goofy bastard.)

Television is full of shitty analysts. The Internet is full of shitty analysts. Magazines and newspapers, ditto. But Barkley stands out to you?

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I could care less if they pick the Spurs. Like I said, my criticism is with his reasoning and in his specific case, he clearly is biased against them. To be fair, Smith and to a lesser extent, O'Neal, are clearly fans though.

On the whole, there's better analysis to be found on the internet than on television. The TNT panel's analysis consists of this: If someone scores a lot of points, they're automatically playing well and if they don't, they're automatically not. They also see everything through the lens of how the game was in their day as opposed to how it is now.

Barkley just trying to be original. Toward the end he basically knew he was wrong.

Barkley looks pretty good right now. Lol homerism is rife here.

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Originally Posted by weeks

barkley is awesome but his takes are pure shit. right or wrong.

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i love barkley. he has the best basketball takes actually... it's his playoff picks that aren't great.

what's funny is after game 2 he said he actually thought the team he picked (the thunder) were gonna lose the series.