It’s Super Bowl week and the biggest (sports) story we have going on is Charles Barkley vs. two members of the Banana Boat crew.
LeBron James, of course, finally blew his lid Monday night and told ESPN that his “Inside the NBA” nemesis is nothing but a hater after being labeled “whiny” for wanting more playmakers last week. Fellow banana boater Dwyane Wade rowed in today in defense of Bron Bron and stated Charles needs to humble himself:
Dwyane Wade backs LeBron in the Charles Barkley convo: "thank God he said something." Adds that Barkley "acts like he just walked on water" pic.twitter.com/wNDQGHGZaL
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) January 31, 2017
We assumed Charles would wait until Thursday night to fire back, but he addressed both Wade and Bron on the “Waddle and Silvy Show” this afternoon. Suffice it to say, Charles was unfazed by Wade’s statement and burned him right back:
Barkley on Wade saying he had to humble himself: "He's humbled, playing for that team."
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 31, 2017
As for Bron Bron, Charles didn’t really add fuel to that fire, but did call him whiny again:
Charles Barkley on ESPN Radio right now, calls LeBron "whiny" again but says he is not going to "get personal" the way he says LeBron did.
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) January 31, 2017
"Clearly he Googled me and found out some things"
(tho first Barkley asked 'what's it called when you go on the internet & look things up?')— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) January 31, 2017
Barkley: "This notion that we have to be friends – we're never going to be friends."
Says the young generation "always takes it personally."— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) January 31, 2017
Charles Barkley adds that LeBron forgot a few insults about him, like that he finished last on Jeopardy.
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) January 31, 2017
On LeBron bringing up that he once threw someone through a window: "We were on the 1st floor. I told the judge I wish it was the 3rd floor"
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) January 31, 2017
Before throwing out a very interesting All-Star Weekend proposal…
Charles Barkley now suggesting to @WaddleandSilvy that he and LeBron should go at each other with paintball guns as an event at All-Star.
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) January 31, 2017
