Luka Doncic on playing Charles Barkley in his prime: “I would cook him forsure.
Charles would definitely ask if Luka is from San Antonio.
And then blame the churros after Luka drops 40 on him 😭
Is this before or after Chuck drops 60 on him lol
Career high 56 pts
But he’d be going up against someone who doesn’t play defense at all.
And he would break you in two possession fat boy learn to play defense first people forget how athletic Charles was.
Lmao how are you so offended by a fact?
Chuck was very athletic for his time. That’s why his best offense was transition offense. He’s getting cooked in a 1v1. His bag isn’t like that..
Fat joke but posts on Kpop girls dancing lmaooo projection at its finest
Whoa no need to trash on k-pop dancing girls like that.
As much as I love her, Jeongyeon probably has no churro game.
Barkley 1. Jeongyeon 0 😓
Chuck’s fat ass is from the same place then, wym
I was thinking the same thing
Charles would definitely cook Luka too
fat on fat violence
There’s Chuck fat and Luka fat they are not the same
Bald vs Hair? I never learned the different breeds of fat and now I’m afraid to ask.
Chuck gained 20 pounds just to not get drafted by philly and still ended up drafted there. He was destroying whole pizzas for that shit. Chuck was a next level fat guy, not even comparable. Moses Malone iirc did teach Chuck how to take care of his body so we had to wait untill late career Chuck to see his peak mass potential.
Generational big guy noone even comes close since Shaq retired. Zions Mountain Dew ad is childs play compared to Chuck.
I know all that but how is that a different strain from Luka hookah and beer fat? Seems like both are just fat guys to a layman as myself
uniornically its hunger. Luka does it for pure fun, chuck did it to weightmax he was doing that shit competitively.
Basically the difference between a great hooper at a random court and professional athlete
I’ve went from never hearing the term “maxing” before, to now seeing it everywhere in the past week or so.
Round mound vs Slovenia slim
Doesn’t get talked about enough.
The silent killer
Cmon man… he lost a fuck ton of weight
Luka on the other hand is still fat though
If you think Luka is fat, you’re delusional
bro has a chubby face and double chin but aight
20% of america is MORBIDLY obese and 70% is overweight, so having man tits and a double chin to these people is skinny apparently 😭
Like luka isn’t obese sure but he’s absolutely fat and it’s ridiculous to pretend he’s as conditioned as he could be
Last thing these two need is a home-cooked meal
So…MacDonalds while riding the stationery bike?
That’s AI
Used to send out for that
Huh?🤔
Probs talking about Iverson, not Artificial intelligence
A moving bike more like
I see why oklahoma is last in education
Charles Barkley explained how to take the D when the guy is banging you and you can feel his body.
https://youtu.be/krVxkomTsrs?si=Q8t8UzMrZojZTRYk
“Come on man”
And not “Come in man”
You spin offa him
Cmon man
I can’t stop laughing 😂😂🤣🤣
Were the towels on or off?
I can’t hear “when a guy is bangin you” without hearing Chuck’s voice
He would. and Barkley would cook him.
With the way Luka trash talks there’s a very good chance Chuck would swing at him at some point lol
They eat each other?
I’ve seen that one before
They both love a good barbecue so it all works out.
Yeah, the difference is that 90s Barkley would give Luka a concussion with a well aimed elbow and no foul.
Y’all realize that Luka has played for Real and in Euro right
Like he’s used to very rough play
Yeah neither of these guys could guard the other
Yeah Chuck would violate Luka. They couldn’t guard each other at all
Is fat Luka talking about about literally cooking and eating Barkley?
r/NBAvore
For a second, I was worried this was real. I wouldn’t put it past reddit.
Can Luka even take 3 bumps from Barkley’s butt though.
Did somebody say bumps?
-Charles Barkley
idgi
Only if he could feel his body
when a guy is banging you
Luka has the mass to absorb Barkleys force
But not the mentality. After the second time Charles bumped him from the three point line directly under the basket he definitely loses his cool when he is set up for the third time and definitely does something stupid…
I know that with the new rules, Charles couldn’t do that anymore… but if we’re talking prime we have to factor the rules in…
Luka is a big dude, he absolutely can hold his own.
Then why does he flop and whine about everything like a child?
Your fanbase spends every day clowning your GM for passing on him, you would love to have him on your team
Lukas actually quite a good 1 on 1 post defender
When a guys banging you
Yeah, and Barkley would cook him. Neither can defend.
I think Barkley described his defense as “I just shake ma hands and hope for the best”
Chuck was a great low post defender and had great hands. Hard to believe but it’s true
So is Luka lol
Barkley have sneaky hands, but that’s it.
this made me look up heights luka is taller than Barkley thats so funny
Barkley lead the league in rebounds at 6’6 and had 12 a game in his MVP dude played bigger than his height.
The Round Mound Of Rebound was a bit shorter than 6’6”
That’s why he’s the “mound” and not the “mountain”
the rounding mountain of rebounding?
Charles was never taller than 6’4. Now he is 6’3 maybe even shorter. He has said this many times. They listed him at a higher height since he played PF and was insanely heavy. Kobe and MJ are also both ~6’4.5 not 6’6. They are sligjtly shorter than Anthony Edward’s. SGA, Ant, Kobe, and MJ are all almost exactly the same height. Idk why Ant is the only one with close to an accurate listed height
You know the funniest thing about height is everyone’s literally changes over the course of the day
Yeah but at around the same rate. Assuming they slept and woke up around the same time.
If I remember right Kevin Johnson said he’s actually 6’5 which if true is crazy
Fun fact: Barkley never had an issue dealing with height
His height plus his own inclination meant Chuck was never great on blocking an opponents shot.
Was masterly on rebounding, though. Chuck was athletic and had a nose for the ball
He was also stronger than probably every guy on the court besides Karl Malone and David Robinson, who he didn’t really have to match up with.
He was strong for his height, but 80s and 90s were still old school centers.
Chuck was mentored by Moses Malone on 76ers for example and playeed in era of Hakeem, Ewing, the admiral, Shaq etc
I loved the story of how Moses taught his rook the right weight to be at (chuck had gotten fat during draft, partly to avoid being drafted to undesired team)
People forget Luka is tall because they just meme “fat haha fat” all the time.
Luka is large for a gaurd and chuck was known for being an incredible rebounder while being fairly short
It would be a fun matchup. Chuck straight up bullying Luka under the basket, Luka clowning on Chuck from the perimeter.
They’re never getting to 21 points. If it’s 90s ruleset, Luka retires to the concussion tent after a well aimed elbow, if it’s 2026 ruleset, Chuck gets tossed for excessive flagrancy fouls. Luka could bury him on threes fr. Shooters now are just so much better it’s ridiculous.
In all seriousness do you really think talent only moves one direction? I always hear how HOF’ers from previous eras would adapt to the current game/rules despite their limitations while modern players wouldn’t be able to handle the physicality of the 80’s/90’s.
I mean if you let anyone of chucks caliber these days go one on one sans a handful of people under the basket, that’ll be some serious pelicans level of coaching. If I could yell one thing that I wish every basketball fan would know, it’s that post defense is team defense.
People really undervalue how different the game now is, especially when doubling wasn’t even allowed back then… it wouldn’t be as fun of a matchup as you think.
Doubling was absolutely allowed, you just couldn’t do it off ball, or have the other defenders zoning while you do it. The rule was you had to play “man to man” (teams played as loose with that definition as refs would allow).
Here’s a compilation of Jordan beating double teams.
Yea except you would have to completely leave your man open and they forced you to commit fully when double teaming
Besides the sneaky zoning teams could get away with to an extent, yeah it wasn’t as viable (you could do quick rotations to cover the doubler’s man though).
But that’s different from “doubling wasn’t allowed” that I was responding to.
How was chuck’s lateral movement? Seems like Luka could get a step on him and finish at the rim whenever he wanted.
young chuck was quick
Chuck was pretty athletic. Just not defensively oriented, and short into the bargain, for a big man
He was < 1 inch taller than MJ, Kobe , West (true height) but he played PF. Used his ass to seal defense off on offense, plus had skills, athleticism
He also has very long arms (almost freakishly long for his height) - which is a big reason he was able to play “taller” than he actually was.
He is one of earliest coast to coast to ‘big’, and he was definitely faster than Luka.
No, Chuck was quick in his in shape prime. Luka would definitely not cook Chuck. Chuck was a very good player.
Having fun with the theoretical, an engaged Barkley would be an interesting Luka matchup. Luka couldn’t use his strength to bump Charles at all, and Chuck’s relentless energy and athleticism is getting him 40 on the other end
People underrate how good Charles was. Charles had a four year run of 27/12/4 on the equivalent of 71%TS today, and that was before he won an MVP.
We talk about Luka uplifting an offense, look at the b2b top-3 offenses Charles lead in ‘89 and ‘90 with one borderline star at best
Then he goes to Phoenix and leads the best offense in the league in b2b seasons with another third place finish right after.
Luka would need to shoot 3’s all day because if he stepped in the paint Charles would knock the shit out of him.
Ya and Chuck could handle the change of pace and direction that makes Luka famously the best offensive player on planet Earth.
Luka could also just drive past him, Chuck ain’t exactly fast so when Luka does his tween fake stepback three he has him
he’s not lying lmao
Chuck wasn’t known for his defense either so they’d both cook each other.
I understand that it was Charles’ birthday, but why did they ask Luka about him?
Ah, that explains why he was so salty.
“How would you cook him?”
Objection, leading the witness
They’d cook each other and both end up fat and happy.
Charles would eat him for breakfast. Then lunch. Then dinner too.
40 and 40
AND fir sure Barkley would have a career day scoring on the Matador defense Doncic
Chuck would absolutely dominate luka and its not close
Luka needs a ring or MVP before making claims like this imo. Can’t go off potential when comparing yourself to all time greats. Fact is if Luka ended his career today he’d be nowhere near Charles in ranking imo.
I don’t think so …
Luka wants to cook and eat barkley. The obese men really need to go to a Burger King when Luka’s playing the Spurs to resolve their issues.
Cook him or cook for him?
Lame af whoever that reporter is ..
I’m not sure about that. Barkley once was chosen MVP over Jordan and Olajuwon.
Well, Luka….if you’re playing Chuck in his prime then you are playing him in an era that lets defenders hand check, in an era where refs let defenders actually be physical, in an era where you can’t just throw yourself at a defender and expect a free trip to the line and in an era where you can’t just run backwards or sideways, call it a gather step, and get yourself an open shot whenever the hell you please. So I reckon Chuck would give you a good challenge…
not to sound like an old head but… win an MVP first. and I’m a Luka fan.
Charles also won an MVP over Michael Jordan and played against him in the finals. You lost to Tatum and Brown…
Charles was never known for anything resembling defense lol
They actually have a lot in common
Luca would cook charles. Charles would get 50/20/11 on luca
These generational comparisons are stupid.
They are both a bit chunky, maybe they would just swap recipes?
Jesus christ, 50 shades of a same joke in the comments. Reddit originality at it’s finest
yeah right.. we all know charles had them young boys coming
are we talking olympic barkley or ozempic barkley?
Defence is optional type of game
They should debate it in the steam room together. Towels oooowwn.
“How would you cook him?” Journalism is terminally ill.
The ring less wars.
So Luka is know for his lack of defense and ole’ Chuck was a very aggressive player.
Luka would score but he wouldn’t be able to stop Charles from doing whatever he wanted.
No chance Luka. Chuck would get a couple of stops. People don’t remember how long and quick Sir Charles was.
Neither of them would stop the other, they don’t even play the same position.
“That’s turrible“
Ahhh now I get why Chuck was so grumpy after this game lmao
It’s so hard to compare different eras. Luka would definitely have the speed to cook Barkley, but no chance he handles Barkley’s physicality.
Chuck would take it easy. Luka would just sit there and complain for fouls the entire time.
God damn nothing is more cringe than when an older person trys to use the cool lingo. And also what a leading question luka may have had a different answer.
They both never going to win a title. Too fat to win.
Luka is literally one of the worst 1 on 1 defenders in a league not known for strong defense. Barkley was an average defender in a league known for stifling defense. I can’t see Luka stopping him but I can see Barkley stopping Luka, at least some of the time. If they played under today’s rules, Luka would foul every time Chuck attacked him. Under 80/90s rules it would be even worse because Luka is dependent on carrying the ball, traveling the gathering step and flopping for fouls.
Luka is just way too bad at defense, when he bothers to play it, to favour him over any well rounded superstar from just about any era. Luka is so bad that I guarantee you that he wasn’t even thinking about having to defend Barkley when he said that. He was completely focused on what he could do and he would let someone like Rui Hachimura or Jake LaRavia get cooked by Barkley.
He would get smashed. Not only was Chuck super-athletic he was a mean mfer and woulda thrown his ass in the cheap seats
Plenty of super athletes in the league and Luka cooks them every week.
Charles was also an infamously bad defender in a league where nobody could make a shot past the freethrow line.
If athleticism was all it took you’d be correct.
Neither of them are stopping the other lol. Whoever starts with ball goes 11-0
Lol Doncic isn’t beating Chuck, he isn’t getting past Chuck.
i would pay to watch chuck defend luka on the perimeter 😭😭😭😭😭
Lol please Chuck could’nt even stop people in the 90s hes getting absolute bagwork from Luka all over the court.
Bagwork, LOL, the same Luka that the FBI and CIA HAD an missing persons report filed during the NBA finals? That Luka? ROFL.
Should have filed a report with ICE if you didn’t want Luka found again.
Boston was a great defensive team, good defense plus scheme. And luka had been carrying the Mavs on one leg. Didn’t have too much help either
Here grandpa its time for your medicine!
Not until we change your diapers baby boy
Lil Timmy in his feels now solo downvoting xd
Huh,i didn’t downvote ya. Rofl, what mental disorder do you have? 🤣🤣🤣
Son youre born in 2012 calm down and do your homework.
Luka is gravely mistaken, bless.
Na, probably not. He’s a 6’8 point guard who will always control the pace. He would score just fine in any era
Everyone on this sub is 10 years old lol, sorry you’re getting downvoted
No he would dominate Charles lol Charles was a 6’4 power forward. Luka is a shifty point guard who is the same height as LeBron and weighs more lmao
Luka Doncic only has a step back three or his typical lunge into player for a “foul”.
With 90s NBA refereeing that won’t be called for.
Won’t score as much step back threes with 90s spacing also.
Charles Barkley locks him up.
Notable defender Charles Barkley lol
Barkley has never “locked anyone up” ever, lmao. Dude was a supreme scorer and rebounder, but defender he wasn’t.
One of the more versatile scorers in the league but go off king lmao