>“He’s caught with a gun, he gets suspended and then, less than two months later, he gets filmed again on Instagram with a gun and you’re like, ‘Kid can’t be that stupid,’” said Barkley.
>“[The] kid is getting paid close to $100 million and the only thing you have to do is don’t be a fool. Just play basketball. Ain‘t like it’s a real job.
>“We’re not like teachers. We’re not like firemen. We’re not like policemen. We’re not somebody who’s in the service. We’re not a doctor. Those are five real jobs.
>“Real jobs [with] people who will never make a lot of money and all you have to do is dribble a stupid basketball and stay out of trouble.”
by OnlyMamaKnows
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We’re only a couple of years away from a smart basketball though. How does that change things?
Will AI take away Ja Morant’s job?
>“We’re not like teachers. We’re not like firemen. We’re not like policemen. We’re not somebody who’s in the service. We’re not a doctor. Those are five real jobs.
No one counts jobs like Barkley. Would love a game of “this a real job?” with him.
EVERYBODY STOP BEING RIGHT ABT JA MORANT
It’s really nice to have old Chuck now. He is extremely intelligent, humble, and empathetic. What a genuinely good human being.
It’s literally like 5 months later. Barkley gets his rocks off talking shit about players today like he wasn’t throwing accountants through windows when he played. Fucking hypocrite. But he shucks and jives now so everyone just eats it up
no shit
playing a children’s game
getting paid millions
shit imma fucking work on this game to keep it going as much as I can
fucking make good business decisions
live a fucking good life for myself and my family
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this stupid motherfuckers don’t know their luck with height and talent
Some of the most logical and reasonable Barkley quotes ever. Well said chuck.
I want Barkley to run for President
Chuck did get caught with a gun in his Philly days. Got off cause it was an illegal stop.
yay another positive chuck circlejerk thread where we all talk about how good of a person he is!!! he’s certainly never done anything wrong in his life
Kids that look up to Ja are influenced by his actions and guns is not a good look. There is no way around that and I think Ja needs to do some real damage control for this in particular. Other than that I have no problem with him and honestly, you probably find me at the strip club too if I was a young NBA player.
Some fools in this thread think that every time someone makes a point we need to bring up every dumb thing they’ve done in their entire life, forever. Hey fools, should we treat you like this?
Another controversial yet brave opinion from Charles Barkley.
Also a basketball player is an infinitely more real job than a police officer. You actually contribute something positive to the world in the form of entertainment.
He’s still salty over the knee pads tweet
What does ‘caught with a gun’ even mean? I don’t believe he was charged with anything. This is just nonsense. Also police isn’t a real job either, basketball players contribute far more to society but that’s a whole different discussion.
But Chuck, do you even know how hard it is to not flex guns online? Homie went to rehab for that. It’s some serious shit.
I know Chuck is a reddit darling and that shit he pulled on Adam Silver was cool as fuck. And also fuck Ja’s stupid shit. But a lot of this reads like boomer shit.
When Ja Mornuts dad put on the Redemption shirt, Ja was healed and absolved
Chuck is the realest
Barkley’s political opinions are spot on.
Think about what the issue IS, rather than “picking a side” on it because it’s “your side.”
The fact that people in the comments are getting mad at Charles is both surprising and not surprising
Perfect take. But someone tell CNN that Barkley hasn’t ever not “opened up about his own politics”.
SAY IT AGAIN CHUCK
Redneck with a gun = patriot
Black guy with a gun = bad man
Love Barkely. But he wasn’t exactly a quiet well-behaved boy scout when he was a big star in the league…..
When given the question “if you could have dinner with any celebrity, who would it be?”
I think the Chuckster would definitely make my short list
> “I really thought hard about running for governor but then I realized, like, I don’t think either one of these parties are really concerned about people and that’s what America is: people.”
Amen.
I liked what Austin Reaves said about basketball players, paraphrasing here: “we essentially play a kid’s game and get paid a lot of money”
Policeman is not a real job. Alotta wasted make-work. ACAB
“Opens up about his own politics”
When was he ever closed?
But Ja’s people said it was a toy gun
Y’all eat up anything chuck says