Charles Barkley Is A Role Model

First off, I’m watching Spurs-Sonics last night, when suddenly, a guy with D. Wilkens on his Sonics jersey pump fakes and dunks it home from just inside the free throw line! And yes, this "Damien Wilkens" is related to Dominique (it’s his nephew - Gerald’s son). He allowed me to reminisce to the days of Dominique- “The Human Highlight Film” -and when he would continually lose in the 1st/2nd round every year. Gerald called himself a “Jordan-stopper” when he was with the Cavs. We know how that worked out. I only hope Damien has more luck in his quest for a championship.

This is probably not the year for Damien to enjoy a long ride in the postseason though. Now that the Spurs are up 3-2 in the series, I hope this ends speculation of Seattle beating San Antonio. The fact that Seattle already won 2 games is pretty impressive, and they are a fun team to watch. Ultimately, they need Rashard Lewis healthy to even have a chance. I was actually pretty impressed with the bruisers they had to go up against Duncan – Fortson, Jerome James, and Nick Collison of Kansas. None of them are expected to do anything except rebound and play defense, which works fine when you have 3-4 shooters on the floor at all times.

On a lighter note, Charles Barkley was adamantly enraged at halftime about the fact that Manu Ginobili was starting, because “you can just use him off the bench and get a spark, since Manu gets tired if he plays the whole game.” Needless to say, the Spurs were able to take care of business mainly because Manu played like a man possessed while starting and playing 36 minutes. 19 points in the first half, 20 in the second half.
Coach Barkley should go back to doing what he does best – providing funny quotes.

Since Barkley didn’t say anything noteworthy last night, I decided to look up some Charles Barkley quotes – using the power of the internet. Here’s a couple I found to be very entertaining:
1) “My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'. “
2) “Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.”
Barkley is a great entertainer simply because he has no filter. The problem with most people is that they try to be polite, and politically correct. Barkley is fun to watch simply because he will speak his mind no matter what, for better or for worse. Maybe he finally has become a role model – to free speech advocates across the country!