Barkley Picks the Thunder

[weeks]

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

[Kidd K]

Kenny Smith totally on Chuck for his pick though.

[TD 21]

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 ing P.T. Barnum. They don't care if you're pissed off, as long as you buy a ticket and some popcorn.

, 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 bas , but he's OUR goofy bas .)

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

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.

[webshad]

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

[DMC]

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

[gambit1990]

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

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.