I really don't care for Charles Barkley. He is loud,boisterous & somewhat of a bully. He wants to take his career in a new direction by entering politics. Charles Barkley has set his sights on becoming a future governor of Alabama. How he expects to do that I don't know! The man has a terrible habit of sticking his foot deep into his mouth. Look what he said about Isiah Thomas,for instance. Check out this excerpt from SportingNews.com:
"In discussing ways in which the Knicks should be improved this season, Barkley said, "I think they have a better coach. This coach probably won't try to kill himself." [...]
Barkley, usually not one to shy from potentially insensitive remarks, seemed to sense his attempt at humor had crossed a line. "That's my fault," he said.
The part I cut from the story cites "nervous laughter" from reporters, which to me says that, while making fun of someone who may have just tried to kill himself is in incredibly bad taste, deep down inside, that level of bad taste is still, for some, a guilty pleasure. But those people are sick and should be sent to jail. So here's to Barkley, for realizing that some things must be taken seriously on terms other than his own. And for moving on quickly, so that his self-editing didn't become more about Barkley than the gaffe he'd just made." (END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest by following the link:
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/14061/charles_barkley_at_least_the_knicks_have_a_coach_who_wont_try_to_kill_himself
Now, we don't know if Isiah Thomas tried to off himself or not. I think it was despicable of Charles Barkley to infer that he did. A politician must endear himself to people. I hope he knows that if he ever tries to run for governor all this stuff will come back to haunt his ass.This sort of behavior is pretty common from him & it is extremely unappealing. If that is what he truly believed about Isiah Thomas, he should have reached out to him privately. What he did was truly trifling & scandalous!
