Charles Barkley about the Wizards-Hornets game: “If you went to this game, you had nothing to do today.”
I love basketball. Going to a game and probably paying ten bucks is dope.
Seriously, watching a NBA game for less than you spend at fast foods these days is a deal.
These are 2 young fun teams too btw, this isn’t like the Jazz where it’s just a gross throwing in of the towel. The hornets are gonna be in the play in race and the wizards have guys like Kyshawn George and Alex Sarr and Tre Johnson lighting things up
No disrespect but when did you last watch a Jazz game? I get that it’s generally not fun to watch a team that’s obviously tanking but even without Markkanen the Jazz are starting to show some potential recently. Keyonte George is the obvious highlight, looking like a future All-Star, Ace Bailey has a lot of work and development ahead of him but the talent is obviously there when you watch him play, even Cody Williams who had looked totally lost has improved a lot. Nurkic probably doesn’t fit Jazz’s future plans but he’s been fun to watch as well as he just made his third triple-double in a row.
They’re not a good team yet but I’ve mostly enjoyed watching them play this season.
I could get two courtside seats for $58 to the Jazz vs Clippers. That’s a steal.
and a beer for $40!
When Lauri plays Jazz look like a decent team. Hopefully the last year of the tank.
Do you think it’s competitive time next year or still going through the process?
Nurkic triple double is a crazy thing to read I had to go confirm it lmfao
Not just a triple double, but third in a row! And that’s against heat, spurs and mini, all above .500 teams! Also had no clue this was happening…
Meh, I gave y’all a watch tonight and it was one of the worst games i’ve watched in a long time. I tuned in from the 2nd qtr and the tank-job made the game unbearable to watch.
I believe the hornets beat them by 55?
Back when the Bucks were horrible Larry Sanders used to give away free tickets via twitter. My buddies and I probably went to 4 or 5 games one year just from him leaving free tickets at will call.
That’s amazing.
When watching in person is cheaper than paying for the stream 🙏
And this is why Prime and NBC coverage is great and TNT isn’t missed
lol
Hornets my squad, but I still miss TNT those guys are hilarious
Shitting on the product every chance you get, is not funny. It’s old and just unfunny
yeah seriously. they saw the success of the Clippers-Rockets “police presence” clips and thought they should just lean in on shitting on modern players to be funny. they have some amusing moments but 80% of their show is unwatchable.
they were successful way before that lol
I think they got too full of themselves. Everyone in the world is telling them how they’re the greatest sports show on television. Greatest show on tv.
And while it was fun in clips sometimes still, they just seem completely uninterested. Kenny’s stumbling through sentences because he won’t rehearse anything. Shaqs crumbling his papers into the mic and yelling about his rings rather than disputing the other persons arguments. Chuck gets an idea or two that he likes and starts repeating it over and over, usually with the preface “What I’m always saying to guys” (insert something I’ve never heard him say before).
And top that off with barely watching games, complaining about them and constantly asking when it’s time to go? It didn’t really feel very fun to watch anymore. I thought Shaq might mellow out after his hip surgery but that didn’t seem to happen.
r/nba is no different. look at the Ayton hate posts today alone
r/lakers is the same
lmao right . this sub acting all righteous like they don’t shit on the game constantly
No one here gets paid good money to watch and commentate on these games lol. if Chuck doesn’t like watching NBA basketball anymore he can always retire! he and shaq both seem really burned out tbh
I’d rather them be honest about the sport and make some jokes at its expense. It’s refreshing compared to commentary that is strictly complimentary about a product that we all know is deteriorating year to year
And they shit on the same two teams as well.
Good thing yall aren’t on my TV Then!
EJ is good. The rest can go kick rocks and find a different job.
Same. The Inside crew should be on every day, or most days of the week. Their current schedule with ESPN is hot garbage, and we the fans are missing out.
Can you imagine that, being able to go to a professional basketball game? Sounds pretty fantastical to me, kids these days with their wild imaginations.
As an Australian who travelled to the states, I got to see the grizzlies playing I think the Memphis police force in a scrimmage. Or something like that and I was so excited to see Conley. I also got to see the nets in pre season with Jeremy Lin. Today’s game had Lamelo and Knuepell two exciting young talents. If you had tickets to see the jazz you get to see Keyonte George potentially rack up 30, collier rack up a ton of assists. Doesn’t matter what team you see play, there’s talent all across the board doesn’t have to be a Shai, joker, Luka etc
Yeah but at least in Australia you can see the top teams in any sport for less than $50
As a poor sports fan living in NY I am also unable to attend games.
I went to New Orleans and got lower bowl tix for the Pels for $60.
You have a better shot at getting hit by lightning than even getting nosebleeds at MSG for that price lol
Not to sound like an ass. But that’s one good thing about your home team sucking. You can buy tickets to every game cheap and see the Raptors, Lakers, and Nuggets come to town.
Think of the Celtics fans with kids the last six years they were contenders. Whole lot harder trying to take the family for a game with nice seats.
Man, that’s not being an ass at all. As an Atlantan, I’ve gotten to see some GOATs from each of the major sports throughout my life with no hassle 😂
Yeah… can’t relate. Even in Oakland seeing Steph has been expensive. God forbid seeing the Raiders, Niners, or Taylor Swift Giants.
I’ve been to a lot more nets games than knicks games, let’s just say. No shame in it.
I was gonna say for the past 2 years or so in New Orleans you could walk around outside the arena and buy tickets off people before the games for like 5 to 50 dollars depending on seats. Sucks for the franchise but awesome as a fan lol
Can you even get into the arena for $60 in MSG at face value?
No chance.
Didn’t think so. On the off-chance that we got you or boston (geographically closest opponents) in the finals a few years back when we lost to the mavs, I was looking at playoff ticket prices for the earlier rounds and quickly realized it would be cheaper to fly home to minneapolis than drive to NYC or Boston.
Nope. The only time i’ve ever seen tickets close to that price were last minute nosebleeds in a game where both Brunson and Randle were hurt.
Parking alone might be more than $60.
I got 5 lower bowl pelicans tickets on my birthday last year for $23 each
Seriously, WTF is wrong going to this game? I would’ve gone without hesitation. Not every basketball experience has to be some Finals level spectacle to be worth your time. It’s a perfectly fine way to spend a Saturday night. Live hoops, arena energy, something to do. I don’t get why Barkley is trying to shame people for this. Fans aren’t obligated to only show up for contenders. Some people just like basketball. Some want to see young guys, role players fighting for minutes, or just enjoy the live experience without paying superstar prices. I would go to a Wizards Hornets game no question asked. Acting like fans are wasting their time because the teams are “bad” is weird. If anything, that’s what real fandom looks like .
A little dramatic. He’s just telling a dumb joke.
No, he’s just being ignorant and dumb himself.
Especially when you has nothing else to do
I loved the Thunder tanking era - could get in the doors for like $4 a ticket at times
As a Celtics fan who’s used to Boston sports ticket prices, I envy anyone who can go see a game for cheap. I remember when I first found out there were tickets for like $10 for subpar teams in smaller markets. I couldn’t believe it
Since Embiid was out last year I got to go see Giannis in person for 9 bucks
Yep! I used to go to so many Warrior games pre-2015 when the tickets at the Coliseum were dirt cheap. I could walk up to the stadium ticket booth and get a really good ticket for cheap.
Now, forget about it. I maybe go to 1 or 2 games per season.
Also, both of these teams have a lot of bright spots and rebuilding nicely
The main issue for me isn’t the ticket price. It’s that it’s such a hassle for diminishing return unless you’re courtside or something. You have to deal with traffic to and from the game, worry about parking, have to hold your pee (because if I paid for great seats I’m not missing a moment), subpar cell signal, generally too loud sound system, other spectators, and overpriced concessions. Instead I can stay home on my comfy couch, switch channels whenever I want, for a view that usually beats in person seats.
best part of wnba is how cheap it is to go to a game
I’ve seen it to where the team is so shitty that the tickets cost less than a beer inside the arena. The whole experience of going to a game is fun, even if it’s not the best team.
Barkley’s gimmick of being a basketball analyst that hates basketball runs pretty thin after a while.
Except see a basketball game?? A succulent NBA basketball game???
this is democrrracy manifest!
Get your hands off my penis!
Ah, I see you know your basketball well
Get your hands off my lottery team!
And you fans, are you ready to receive my limp travel and foul calls?
Fellow Aussie what’s up 😂
Aussies in the chat while the Yanks look on confused 😂🇦🇺
And they are back hating on the product again
Lol that’s the only reason this lil clip is going viral because they know people will say this
now its on the front page of /r/nba
if only redditors gave this much attention to a Hornets-Wizards game
considering the game thread here only got 20 comments, most of r/nba wasn’t watching either
r/nba threads are dead unless it’s a national TV game. No point being downvoted for being a homer when you can do it in your own sub lol
its weird cause I remember game threads were more active when this sub was smaller. r/nba increased in size yet activity has shrunk dramatically
Because you used to be able to talk actual basketball before. Noe everything is shitty jokes and memes
Yep, I started commenting here regularly in 2013 and remember hanging out here and they were super active like you said. Can’t exactly pinpoint when it changed, but I imagine it’s also from team subs getting huge in that time.
Think when I joined r/thunder we had like 5K subs so game threads weren’t as huge as they are now.
def from people just realizing how much better it is to just stick to their own subs unless it’s a game where their team isn’t playing. This sub is only good for highlights and league wide news/media soundbites idgaf what people think about the Spurs here.
Those were the days man. Every game thread except scrub games with 1000+ comments.
r/nba threads are dead unless it’s a national TV game or if the Lakers are playing*
FIFY
I thought this was a national TV game. Was this not on ESPN?
Cavs/Hornets was on Wednesday night, this one was on FSN
goddamn the heat jazz game thread got 9 comments lmao
didnt realize some game threads got so little engagement. I guess us lakers fans are spoiled when it comes to engagement. even if half of it is negative. I’ll still take it.
You are right. It’s pretty active every game on the Lakers sub ngl I appreciate that about our local sub.
how is that a measurement of anything? their respective subs have 250-400 comments in the game threads, these are fans and the people actually going soo
Unless the game is huge and on primetime it’s almost always bigger in team subreddits.
I dont know if its similar for Wizard fans but Hornets fans usually post in the game thread in the Hornets sub if you’re going to talk about basketball.
Only thing you get in the nba thread is shitty memes and Laker fans acting like they know what they’re talking about.
the suns rant was a top 5 inside clip, and the bucks lakers for 6.99 was great too
it’s just jokes
I think this a “joke” but you wouldn’t understand apparently
I dunno, Hornets are pretty fun
We certainly made it entertaining down the stretch.
Wizards arent really that hard a watch either. Sarr is sick.
Every team is fun to watch to a certain degree. Not every team is filled with superstar talent and plays in a popular city, so ignorants like Charles feel the need to shit on them. I’d gladly go to every Wizards home game had I been living in Washington and close to the arena. Home team, cheap tickets, professional basketball, it sounds like a fun time to me.
Exactly. The Hornets are a good watch. Even better once they get rid of Bridges.
Tbf Bridges is like Tyreke Hill. An incredible athlete and entertainer. Truly horrendous human being.
And… And the other team too right?
That Hornets offense is fun as hell to watch.
For the Hornets, the Hornets offense is fun as hell. As for the Wizards, the Hornets offense is fun as hell.
If you went to this game you were probably a wizards or hornets fans. Shockingly you can be a fan of a team even if they’re not currently good.
I went today because I honestly don’t know when I’ll be able to go due to my busy schedule. Plus it was something fun to do before the winter storm hit.
Exactly, god forbid someone wants to watch basketball I guess 😭
He should know people went to go see bad teams that’s all he played on in Philly
Thank god Chuck’s schtick of hating the sport he’s paid to talk about is getting stale with this sub
Even bad NFL teams have people come to stadiums to see them play.
That’s what I’m saying. Most teams have fans that will go to games whether they’re good or bad
Pretty much. The Chicago White Sox are a pathetic baseball franchise (though they’ve gotten some notable signings this winter meeting) yet there are people willing to come out and see them play. I had a former coworker who is a big fan of the San Jose Sharks and they haven’t been great either. And sometimes these bad teams end up doing something extraordinary. That’s the beauty of sports.
I grew up watching the 2000s Orioles 😭 and I am a Wizards fan. For a lot of people the love goes beyond how they do on the field/court though we’d rather see them win than lose.
Hey at least you get to see them play to this day. As for me, the Sonics…sigh
Nba did you guys so dirty. Hope they make it right sooner rather than later
Hornets playing decent lately
“Currently”
Hello, we are NBA TV personalities and our job is to actively shit on the NBA
And now we’ll toss it to break, stick around past the 3 gambling ads to see us complain about people saying we shit on the league
Didn’t Chuck just say they don’t do that?
Anything than actually learn the names of active NBA players they clearly see as below them.
They don’t want to work, they want to yap.
The only American league where this happens btw. You won’t hear this in the NFL, MLB, or NHL.
i watched this game cause i like basketball and it was the only game on in the morning. i understand watching basketball is a hard concept for the inside the nba crew
Chuck was complaining about not being on the air for 2 months & one of the first things he says is if you went to a game you had nothing to do today.
Yeah miss me with that shit about how it’s injustice you aren’t on TV when you talk down on the game like this.
Didn’t even notice. The shtick of not watching games and players was played out for years now.
It’s been experience refreshing to watch the other crew instead.
Cities about to shut down from weather so I dont blame people for getting a little entertainment in before that.
NBA players are shit on constantly for not playing through injury due to the amount of money they make, these dudes have been caught or straight up admitted they don’t watch the games they commentate on, make as much as some NBA superstars, but they just get a pass.
Yea its lame to me. They used to have a segment called Who He Play For. Where Charles would try to figure out what team various players play for. You get paid to know this for a living. Why is it funny you dont know half of teams rosters. Just the names of superstars.
Kon Knuepell? Who hell is that ummm he plays for the Timberwolves?
Hornets are fun to watch & the Wiz ain’t bad either stfu
“I don’t know why we’re not on tv” !!!! Lmao
Also Chuck: I can’t stand the slander about our show!
Seriously, these guys jumped the shark a few years ago. They’re insufferable now.
Cant wait for these guys to retire tbh
yall loved these jokes years ago when they were made against the suns, i wish yall would stop being so fickle and uptight
To be fair at first it was funny, even as a Wizards fan we’ve always gotten that treatment as well and they were funny then but the perception of the NBA has really nosedived because of the frequency of talk show guys shitting on every game.
He also literally just cried about fans saying that’s why they’ve been off the air and immediately comes back and does it again like you just proved the fans points
We loved these jokes for years. Barkley has been around forever. We’re tired of it. Everything is sarcasm and let’s shit on it and no sincerity. Maybe people are tired of the shit. I personally stopped staying up for Inside the NBA years ago.
if you offered me any tickets to this game for $20 i would go. we are basketball fans who love watching basketball and the hornets are a very interesting team.
Yeah as someone whose team got belt from the Hornets, they’re a lot better than their record suggests. When they get rolling, good luck keeping up.
If you told me Chuck just didn’t know that game happened, I’d believe you
Nuggets too
We thought the Jazz were the “good bad team” but it’s been the Hornets the whole time
Why would you not!? Totally with you. A game like this is unironically more interesting than watching a “Star” foul bait and whine to the refs all game. $20 is a damn Taco Bell order. Go watch professional athletes compete and entertain.
Rent free
I was going to games like this for $20 when the Warriors were absolutely dog water in the 90s+ before the dysnasty and loved every minute of it.
If they paid for my food and parking and my ticket I would go. Otherwise nah I’m staying at the pad
The Hornets are one of the most fun teams in the league to watch.
Can they stop shitting on the sport for one second. There’s gotta be something else to talk about besides shitting on the wizards and hornets.
I like watching Charlotte this season. Not gonna lie. Washington tho shew.
DC is Rising slowly, but surely to their 2 years of relevance per decade.
Chuck will find out around 2028…
Alex Sarr KyShawn George Tre Johnson + 2026 1st (Dysbanta, Koa Peat, Peterson Boozer, Caleb Wilson etc)
Trae Young… not my favorite, but he is still legitimate to lead that Core 4 plus the Wiz have around 100mil to spend (less if Trae Opts in, but still enough for 2 legit role players)
Champagnie is underrated.
This doesn’t include Bilal Coulibaly, Bub Carrington, or Tristan Vukcevic either.
To be fair there’s incoming severe weather in Charlotte idk who would’ve wanted to go to this game
And Charles was confused why they were off the air for months for talking badly about the sport lol
I wonder if anybody else but Cowherd had said what he said earlier today it would have gotten a better response considering how Chuck is making his point.
Was that point is there a post about it?
I watched most of it. I love League Pass!
I don’t care what anyone says, the Inside crew are great. I think Colin Cowherd is right that ESPN or the NBA is deliberately sabotaging them since TNT lost the NBA.
100% i hope more people talk abour it
That statement could be said of all basketball games you attend though.
real basketball sickos will watch pretty much any matchup as long as it’s entertaining
The only one to get away shitting the game
This is the type of loser shit he commonly says that gives the NBA a bad name. It’s also why I haven’t cared about Inside the NBA in well over a decade.
Something I’ve realized about America that I can’t unsee: what passes for “humor” almost always involves attempting to bring something or someone else down. I think that’s a lame crutch to have. It speaks to how bitter and resentful Barkley is as a person that that’s the only type of humor he can disseminate.
It’s Charlotte…what else is there to do on a Saturday?
He’s absolutely correct.
Well, whenever I go to a sports game, I make that the focal point of my day. So yeah, not having anything to do that day except going to the game makes a whole lot of sense.
It’s funny. Don’t take it too seriously.
If I happened to be in charlotte for some random ass reason, (would never happen), I’d go. I bet you could get lower level seats for $30-50. Hornets are pretty entertaining play style even.
barkley must know why prime did not get them.
Is reddit ok?
These comments are all so pearl clutching..
Its a fuckin joke.
No shit going to any nba game is cool. But relax its chuck joking
I am sorry Charles, but this is a fucking awful takes. People can enjoy watching basketball, even if its not the best competitive teams or even if they are actually not good. Hornets especially has been one of the better “bad” teams out there to watch.
Chuck kills me. What a job to have, a live shitposter. Truly the life.
Take these haters off the air, it’s a better product without them
I wish my city had an NBA team. I’d be at every game if I could
It’s a joke y’all it ain’t that serious, redditors are fucken weird
No way u guys are crying about this. I forgot how a large part of this sub is filled with crybabies 😭😭😭
Redditors when the current hated person makes a joke 😠😠😠
When I had more time in life and I had league pass I would legit watch any random game lol
Lol
These are the best 400 players in the world btw
During some of the previous atrocious Blazers years, id get 15 dollar nosebleed seats and just get drunk as fuck
Its better than seeing on TV and being depressed about my team tbh
If you’re watching inside the NBA or Charles Barkley you must not have anything going on today.
I’m sure the this thread isn’t gonna cry about it and take it too seriously. Wizards vs Hornets has been an absolute toilet bowl for the last 5 years it’s ok to joke about it even though the games are still entertaining
inside the nba guys are so fucking lame
Didn’t Barkley just have a cry about people saying that him and his crew just shit on the product?
This is why they have not been on TV 🤣
Damn chuck lol
Lmao wasn’t chuck just asking why they’ve been getting shelved
HeY tHe nFL gUyS dOnT mAKe fUn oF tHe pLaYeRs
Shit gimme some good ass seats I’ll go
He’s not wrong. Yall are white knighting like when you pretend to watch the WNBA
Pointless to try and PR coach Chuck but if your entire livelihood depends on people watching and caring about basketball it’s probably not great to insult those same people just for watching their teams (and also insulting their teams) lol
As a Wizards fan this quote is hilarious, we’re ass and the Hornets are ass and it’s COMPLETELY OK lol
People need to loosen up talking about “hating on the product”, this is the actual Battle of the Mid 😭😂
And “mid” is better then anyone in here could do. Some people appreciate that and some don’t.
we all love Chuck
Was a fun game tho
When did we start hating on Inside the NBA
Reddit has hate for anything at this point. Like legit vitriolic hate
If you ever watched Inside the NBA they always have been making comments on bad teams and bad games. People just cannot handle the truth.
That’s a legitimately funny thing to say, lighten up people
I could prob have near floor seats for what i have to pay for Celtics nosebleeds
Lol that comment is savage
I like how Trae Young is with the Wizards, but he’s not.
HOT TAKE: Look at all the salt coming from the folks here who wish they can talk down on others like they say Charles Barkley seriously does and get paid millions for it.
If you watch Inside The NBA, you have nothing to do.
He’s right though, and it needed to be said.