Charles Barkley sits across from me leading up to game 1 of the Western Conference finals. Might remote in hand, like before every game, he is once again hammering in on the fact the Warriors can not compete with the Thunders front court which to him is an essential key to the game. Me being me, begins to hysterically laugh and it wasn't because of the comments he was making. Once again another NBA legend was throwing salt on a bad womb.
I find it interesting how the legends of the NBA in comparison to other professional sports league in the U.S. always disparage the skills of the current players. Charles Barkley is just one of the many former stars of the league who believes small ball exist simply because guys just "don't play defense". After Steven Adams comments about how difficult it is to guard the Warriors "front court players" Barkley might reconsider his initial comments.
"Man there just quick little monkeys", said Adams.
The Warriors love to run high ball screens for all of their players including their front court player, Draymond Green. For Adams coming out to the three point line just to chase Green back into the paint is similar to you trying to catch a mice underneath you cabinets in your kitchen. It's going to continue to run around whether you like it or not ... you're just along for the ride. You have to keep up other wise you'll lose him.
So again Sir Charles, is it really that easy to chase around "their bigs", more athlete and quicker as they come off of screens and shoot threes.
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