Love LeBron. Hate Barkley. This is great.

Barkley seems to believe that the players of his time were evolved into peak basketball machines so that it is ridiculous to think that Mikan and Cousy are great players who could compete with him, yet somehow the evolution suddenly stopped upon the retirement of Jordan and himself.

Barkley seems to believe that the players of his time were evolved into peak basketball machines so that it is ridiculous to think that Mikan and Cousy are great players who could compete with him, yet somehow the evolution suddenly stopped upon the retirement of Jordan and himself.

Look at their bodies.

I still like LeBron but the pressure is definitely getting to him.

I don't understand that. He won a title last season. He could have retired and would be beloved in Cleveland for the rest of his life. He doesn't have anything left to prove.

He's shooting for Jordan. His belief is IF they can beat this Warriors team he will have a good argument for being considered the greatest. He clearly doesn't believe that the Cavs can.

LeBron's supporting cast is pretty subpar. Irving looks at times like he's sleepwalking through games. He's an incredible offensive player but nothing on the other end. They really miss JR Smith. Korver should fit in eventually but he's just Steve Kerr with height and a quicker release. Thompson looks terrible a lot of nights. Same thing for Love.

Technically they are both right. Lebron is right about actions that Barkley has taken which were disrespectful of the game. Most if not all were things that occurred off the court though.


Barkley is right about Lebron too. Lebron has helped engineered his way onto two teams for the purpose of winning a championship. He leveraged management into signing Tristan Thompson and trading for Kevin Love and it is debatable if either is worth the bread. They traded a future all star away for the purpose of appeasing James. They fired a coach for him. They have traded and paid for over the hill veterans as a means of appeasing Lebron.They have by far the highest payroll in the league and he is still whining. The owner is pulling back now and he should. Riley let him walk rather than deal with this B.S.


No one ever questioned Barkley the competitor. Lebron's competitive drive has been questioned throughout his career. The last couple of seasons has caused it to subside a little but it is still out there.

The idea of Riley "letting" Lebron walk is one of the most hilariously absurd things I've ever read.

The idea of Riley "letting" Lebron walk is one of the most hilariously absurd things I've ever read.

He didn't allow Lebron to bully him which is what the Cleveland owner allowed. In that sense he let him walk

Lebron is under contract for next year. Prior to this year he's always been working on contracts w/ opt-outs. That gives him some leverage to bully management into getting his way. Now that that's not there this year, I think he's feeling his power slipping somewhat....he can't use a threat of leaving in the offseason

I'm fairly disappointed with LeBron here. If he could forgive the joke that is the Cavaliers owner I would have thought he could let well founded criticism roll off his back. Instead he got petty and personal. Now this becomes yet another generational argument.

Every so often Chuck can stop banging out his one LeBron note as well though.