Recently, the “mouth” Charles Barkley – join ESPN in a file named “Dan LeBatard is Highly Questionable” talk show when he exposes the one with the Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant between the interesting, Buckley said so many years Bryant just give him a phone call, only this time, Buckley has been scolding Bryant.
In the program, the host asked Barkley: “Kobe is not always call you?” Buckley replied: “No, very few would call me Kobe Bryant just gave me a phone call, this is only some time, he scold me and I very much respect Kobe, you know the story of the most interesting places are? he even has my phone number he gave me a phone call played it, or scold me The. ”
While Buckley did not disclose the details and reasons to be scolded, but looking back is not difficult to guess, Buckley received a scolding Bryant angry phone issue should occur in 2006 and 2007. Those two years, TNT has been explained as a guest of the relationship between Charles Barkley and Kobe Bryant is very tense.
In mid-May 2006, the Lakers lost Game 7 in the playoffs, the sun, has been eliminated. As a guest commentary on TNT, Barkley did not hesitate to criticize the explanation given in Kobe, Kobe Bryant is both shot 35 times in the sixth game, or in the seventh game in the second half only shot three times, giving Bryant Buckley evaluation Only one word: selfishness.
Later, it was broke after the show, Bryant Buckley’s remarks were very unhappy, flying to Buckley a Man angry bursts of more than 20 text messages in protest.
End of October 2007, before the start of the new season, when Bryant was the Lakers trouble with the transfer, the Lakers owner Jerry Buss thrown trading statement, Bryant said the Lakers disease absent for training. Buckley in turn targeting the Kobe Bryant that negative training is he lazy, no work ethic. It can be said that Barkley criticized Bryant for two years is up to the stage.
But in recent years, with the Lakers record improved, and the Finals for three consecutive years and successfully won two championships, Buckley on Bryant’s attitude softened. Last season, the Lakers and Nuggets in the explanation of World War I, Buckley also said that Bryant has gone beyond the “Magic” Johnson, “Big Bird” Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the NBA history, there are the top five super star.
In this show, the Barkley also talked about Dwyane Wade and LeBron – James and they led the Heat. Barkley criticized Wade said today he has become more and more like complaining, he also said he had been criticism of the Heat because of their behavior, tone of speech is too high. In addition, Buckley also recommended that LeBron find “Magic” Johnson, Michael Jordan still talk about, listen to what the older proposal.