Charles Barkley's preview of the Raptors 2012-13 Season

[minks77]

nerds...


it's ok, I read it too.

[mcHAPPY]

OMG.. what is wrong with you? He was one of the good guys! How can you equate the Heat with him?!

ebrian... I'm not sure how to say this.... but it appears we agree on something here. lol

My bad.

[ebrian]

Ohhh, I think this post answered my last post.

I am hoping volume 7 of Game of Colangelo is like book 6 in GoT: awesome. Just imagine Toronto knocks off Miami in the first round - that would be like the last chapter where you know who is gang stabbed.

OMG.. what is wrong with you? He was one of the good guys! How can you equate the Heat with him?!

[Brandon]

So is it obvious that they don't even have a chance to make the playoffs?

That's effectively true, yes. Not enough talent. If there's an improbable rash of serious injuries to the best players in the East, maybe they have a chance, but that's pie-in-the-sky.

[wallz]

Barkley was specifically responding to talk of "high expectations" and pointed out a last place team with little or no talent cannot have such expectations, in a one-minute segment. There's no need to attack him for stating the obvious.

So is it obvious that they don't even have a chance to make the playoffs?

[Brandon]

Barkley was specifically responding to talk of "high expectations" and pointed out a last place team with little or no talent cannot have such expectations, in a one-minute segment. There's no need to attack him for stating the obvious.

[DaBlenda]

like my friend would say. Charles Barkley can suck my D***, he may have been a great player but he can't analyze shit. He needs to go back to doing taco bell commercials

Judging by Sir Charles history , he is more likely to be the "suckee" not the "sucker"
Frankly I would be shocked if he can name more than 3 current Raptors

[mcHAPPY]

Oh man. Book 3 was so good that you're probably suffering from withdrawal. Volume 4 from Game of Thrones was very much like Volume 5 from the series Game of Colangelo. Long and drawn out.. an entire volume about characters you couldn't care less about. By the time you finish it you're sitting there very angry and thinking -- it took him 5 years to produce this crap?!

The contrast in quality between book 3 and book 4 is not unlike the contrast between Volume 1 and Volume 5 from the Game of Colangelos. Incidentally they both came 5 years apart. This analogy just keeps on giving! The RR facebook post is also "Winter's coming. So are the Raptors." Hahaha..

Ohhh, I think this post answered my last post.

I am hoping volume 7 of Game of Colangelo is like book 6 in GoT: awesome. Just imagine Toronto knocks off Miami in the first round - that would be like the last chapter where you know who is gang stabbed.

[mcHAPPY]

Ack.. volume 7! I guess there have been so many bad volumes that I've lost track of them.. I thought we were on 6!

I just wanted to add that this analogy reminds me of Game of Thrones a bit.

lol - you a fan of GoT? I've read every book. Huge fan here.

[ebrian]

That was my first guess. I am trying to force my way through volume four. Tough sledding.

Oh man. Book 3 was so good that you're probably suffering from withdrawal. Volume 4 from Game of Thrones was very much like Volume 5 from the series Game of Colangelo. Long and drawn out.. an entire volume about characters you couldn't care less about. By the time you finish it you're sitting there very angry and thinking -- it took him 5 years to produce this crap?!

The contrast in quality between book 3 and book 4 is not unlike the contrast between Volume 1 and Volume 5 from the Game of Colangelos. Incidentally they both came 5 years apart. This analogy just keeps on giving! The RR facebook post is also "Winter's coming. So are the Raptors." Hahaha..

[Puffer]

...I just wanted to add that this analogy reminds me of Game of Thrones a bit.

That was my first guess. I am trying to force my way through volume four. Tough sledding.

[ebrian]

I have to say that is an awesome post, ebrian. Well done.... 100% sincerity by the way.

Keeping with your analogy, I would say volume 1 was great. Volume 2 was so so. I think there were issues beyond the author's control that affected the success. I agree volume 3 and 4 were dreadful. The author tried really hard but it just didn't come together. Volume 5 was a total flop but you could see some of the storylines starting to come together, clearly the author spent a lot of time on character development. Volume 6 you could see a shift in the direction of the story and it is showing great promise although at the end of it there was a "WTF moment" where many wondered what was going on with this mysterious new character. This new guy was interesting but he probably would have done more harm to the story than good long term. Volume 7 is starting up and this mysterious character was removed from the story - thankfully - and it remains to be seen how all these fascinating story lines come together. Needless to say, despite some major let downs in earlier volumes, Volume 7 has a lot of people excited.

Ack.. volume 7! I guess there have been so many bad volumes that I've lost track of them.. I thought we were on 6!

I just wanted to add that this analogy reminds me of Game of Thrones a bit.

[NoBan]

I just find he puts the "entertainment" aspect in front of the "credible" aspect most of the time

Thats much more agreeable than the "he's an idiot" response. His point in the clip is that the raptors are irrelevant. while certainly not a unanimous opinion, its also not uncommon among non-idiots.

[NoBan]

He doesn't actually. He was a great player and thats it, outside of playing he has no knowledge of basketball. Stop treating him like a god. Btw if anyone's trolling around here its you, and you've been doing it since day 1 when you joined this site.

Youre on tilt, bro. Its great how you played out my negative reaction/defensive theory to a T while quoting my post about it.

Demar sucks! (OK that was trolling)

[NoPropsneeded]

He's there to present highly credible opinions in a highly entertaining fashion.

In this scenario, his opinion is that the raps are irrelevant & guaranteed to finish last in the atlantic. The entertainment part is how he plays the clown that doesn't know the teams in the division. Anybody that reacts negatively to the second part is doing so because they are defensive about the first part.

Stop trying to tell me that Barkley doesn't know basketball.

He doesn't actually. He was a great player and thats it, outside of playing he has no knowledge of basketball. Stop treating him like a god. Btw if anyone's trolling around here its you, and you've been doing it since day 1 when you joined this site.