Barkley: Lakers and Jazz, best teams in West

[WildcardManu]

Jazz-Rockets series would have been 1-1 if (crackhead) Kirilenko hadn't flailed his arms they way he did.

[K-State Spur]

Yeah, but they're 2-0 in the PO's on the road. Just shows that the regular season don't mean much anymore.

The Jazz are a solid team. 1-6 in the west is solid an could represent the west. Although Houston is in a world of hurt right now.

i know they had that long streak. but without Yao, and when they're not red hot, I'm not buying Houston as one of the top 8 teams in the West.

[jack sommerset]

Jazz just won 2 games on the road in the playoffs. Road record is the question.The home record.....Good luck West beating them there. I can see why Barkley would say that. I thinkks its the Suns and Lakers.

[Harry Callahan]

Barkley picked the Jazz against the Spurs LAST year. We know how that turned out. It's showbiz for Chuckster. That's OK.

My team probably won't be the favorite in the first round or any other round this year, but if someone takes the Spurs out, they will have a couple of pounds of flesh taken out of them in the process.

[Mavs<Spurs]

Barkeley is knowledgeable about basketball.

Clearly, this is just a stupid thing to say.

Same Jazz team that we beat in 5 last year.
They won't beat the Lakers.

Lakers, Spurs and Suns are manifestly the best 3 teams in the West.

NOH, Dallas, Jazz are all good teams, but on the second rung.

Nuggets are the least of the West.