Charles Barkley: “My worst nightmare is the Lakers winning tonight and I have to listen to all the crap on Monday on all the talk shows how the Lakers are contenders. Please don’t let em win. I’mma be nail biting all night tonight”
Find someone that loves you as much as Chuck loves talking about how much he hates the Lakers
Damn Chuck probably seething now lmao
He just like me fr
The lovin or the hatin?
Yes
I will now refer to you as McHatin
McHatin or Mohammed
Why the fuck would it be between that or Muhammad‽ Why don’t you just pick a common name like a normal person‽
Muhammad is the most commonly used name on Earth. Read a fucking book for once.
I am mchatin
The eating. And then the injectin’ (with Ozempic)
Basketball fans need to accept the following:
The Lakers are not in the upper echelon of contending teams
Nevertheless, the Lakers are very very good and are dark horse contenders
In short, they are not favorites by any means, but they have a legitimate chance
The Lakers are intriguing to watch regardless of the outcome
What makes you think basketball fans DON’T understand this? It’s only the media saying the opposite.
Bro, I’ve been in your guys sub.
After every loss the comments are full of people demanding they gut the team and fire the coach.
Every sports sub I’ve ever looked at is usually a shit show of armchair analysts. Every so often a teams sub is mostly memes or solid content but it seems pretty rare
man i could say that for any sports sub.
In this sub they get offended by Chuck. In the Lakers sub they basically bring up Chuck’s fixes as their own.
They’re a very good team, who imo are pretty much just as good as any team in the East, it’s just there’s 4-5 teams in the West that are clearly better than them
4-5 clearly better is a stretch. OKC and Spurs are the two clearly better ones. Nuggets maybe. Rockets maybe. Throw in the Wolves because they beat the Lakers last season. But you could credibly argue either way. Nobody except the Thunder and San Antonio have clearly separated themselves from the rest of the West.
I can get on board with that. But it’s much more fun getting under Barkley’s skin.
He has more highlights talking about the Lakers than anyone else
How about how much he loves calling San Antonio women fat
I don’t even get why beating the Nuggets of all teams would make them sudden contenders lol. I mean didn’t the Nuggets just lose by double digits to the Warriors recently without Curry, Jimmy, Draymond, and Porzingis?
I mean shit the Lakers themselves already beat em like a week ago lol. I have respect for Chuck but sometimes it’s wild that these dudes get paid so much and they don’t even follow the NBA like that.
Chuck is not there to analyse the game. He’s like those reaction-based streamer/youtuber except he works for a large media company.
Are we just forgetting the Wolves game didn’t happen
If the Lakers lose those same places, they will be hating on LeBron being bad with Reaves and Luka, or Luka being a fat slob
The media will still feast with this game
Of course, Lakers have the most fans and the most haters— any hot takes around them have been catnip for NBA fans for decades
Yep, and then it’s the vicious cycle of media talking about them all the time, and then it increases numbers of both fans and haters, which in turn increases how much they’re talked about, and so on.
Look, I’m definitely not opposed to the Lakers failing, but my God, Chuck’s hate for the Lakers is over-the-top.
His hate is deeply rooted 😭😭
He’s still pissed they tried to charge $6.99 for the Lakers.
Nah, it’s just right
Yeah wth is OP talking about. Let the man hate lol
Man just do your damn job.
Dude is complaining about some shit that ain’t even happen yet.
Chuck is a hater. He hates the nba, he hates this era’s game, he hates the lakers and he hates that he blew off his mouth and might look bad.
Lakers are not contenders, but they aren’t a bad team
At least he’s real with it, other people would say sly and slick shit about the Lakers when he says I just don’t like them.
You see it all over this sub, state something ridiculous about the lakers and try to pass it off as fact.
Eh I’d say it’s average redditor level lol
Chuck looks tame compared to average Nuggets fan in the post game threads lol
I recently replied to a Nuggets fan about something that had absolutely nothing to do with the Nuggets or Lakers, and this MF started his reply to me with “I hate the Lakers, so I’m gonna reply to this” lmao
Seriously I hate the lakers but if I was an analyst or in his position I’m not making it that obvious. Dude looks like a clown for hating that hard with no stake in the game lol
He’s an entertainer more than an analyst, and he generates a lot of clicks with statements like this
remember when he said a team who relies on shooting like the Warriors will never win a chip?
I mean at the time that wasn’t a wild take
Charles is a moron. He wants them to fail cause he went on a rant about how trash they are and he doesn’t want to look stupid.
Crazy how this has been part of his spiel for a decade now.
He likes to hate on the Lakers and Knicks because it generates the most buzz.
Insert number 1 out of 5 things Chuck always talks about. Is he capable of covering a Lakers game without saying how much coverage the Lakers get. My goodness he says it when NOT covering LA too. We get it
The irony is that every time he brings it up he’s adding even more Lakers coverage.
Exactly this, now we have this big Reddit thread talking about. Now half of the halftime show is the other hosts joking on Chuck because the Lakers won a half.
Why is Chuck so obsessed, he gets more upset when they’re winning than I do when they lose
Streisanding the hell out of it
I can’t remember the last segment of Chuck I’ve watched where the Lakers weren’t brought up in some capacity
Lakers live rent free in his head. It’s sad because I feel like it’s the result of him being a boomer and taking social media trolls too personally.
Like, theres a 99% chance that the thought of the Lakers doing well legitimately keeps Chuck up at night. I mean that literally. Hes not able to brush the trolls off, and its starting to become his life mission to hate on them lmao
And he gets away with it because everyone hates the Lakers and he’s funny (and fat)
Bitterness final boss.
I remember him bringing out the broom when the lakers lost game 1 to the trailblazers in 2020 and again when the rockers won game 1 in the following series lol
As a Lakers fan you gotta start respecting it tho, hate to this level is a privilege
I would respect it if he just came out and said he hates the Lakers. Even in 2020 when they were the #1 seed, he said the Lakers would get swept in the first round.
At this point his hate is actually endearing
Ozempic side effect unfortunately
This dude is so insufferable. Just talk about Nuggets instead if you don’t like Lakers.
reason why nba talking heads are the worst, you dont see the other talking heads talk about their respective sport like this
As an international soccer fan, their talking heads are similarly despised for being insanely out of touch and hating everything coming after their generation. Not uncommon for fans of a team to end up hating their legends who go on to become talking heads. NBA might still be worse tho lol
this is the correct take
This show fell off so hard
Chuck: “Lakers suck lol why do yall talk about them”
Shaq: “rings bitch”
Ernie: “ok now uhm moving on”
Kenny: “that’s a good point Ernie”
Ernie’s been carrying that show from the jump and when they’re gone, we’ll miss him the most.
I remember when this sub was in shambles when tnt wouldnt renew the show. Then it got bought by another network.
In all fairness, two things can be true. Inside the NBA was the best studio show in the business, and it was bad.
Blame ESPN
It’s not actually espn’s fault, but everyone’s hating on ESPN so we cool
this tbh
Why does Barkley hate Lakers and warriors so much? And then glazing OKC/clippers/trailblazers/suns😭
Suns is fine because he has played good years there & the bias is already known
Fair enough
He tends to get frustrated with teams that are constantly shown on national television, which the Lakers always are regardless of how good or bad they are. I can at least respect that.
What’s less respectable is that he hates GSW because he used to be a huge “jumpshooting teams can’t win titles” guy and obviously they have proven him wrong.
Nah it’s cuz Jerry West nixed a James Worthy for Charles Barkley trade and he still hasn’t gotten over it
Lakers get national games because of the ratings, it’s not rocket science
Lakers have the largest fanbase in the world. It makes the league money. As David Stern said, his dream NBA finals matchup would be Lakers vs lakers.
Dude acts like he can’t watch other games. You know, like a legitimate NBA analyst would. Don’t see him whining this much about the Nugget, Thunder or Celtics.
JJ, Lebron, and other Lakers publicly talked about how Chuck’s consistently negative commentary wasn’t good for the game of basketball.
So it’s a double down effect?
Barkeley hated them because the lakers declined a trade for him in the 80s but he thought he was getting traded and got pissed
inside the nba in 2026
OUTSTANDIIIINGGG… GIRL YOU KNOCK ME OUT
YOU BLOW MY MIND I FEEL ALIVEEEE
they won, hater
This is so unprofessional. Can we get these guys off of TV? Moving in such a good direction this year, broadcast wise, minus these guys.
So glad we have NBA analyst saying a 3rd seed team is not a contender! Adam silver must be proud!!!
The Pistons are a #1 seed and only #7 odds to win.
tbf 3 to 6th seed has same record this year. 1 game difference can put you at 3 or 6.
Are you suddenly non-contender because you lost 1 game and fell to 6th from 3rd? no.
Are you suddenly contender because you won 1 game and climb to 3rd from 6th? also no.
Lakers were 3rd seed last year too… we all know how that ended.
So are we just not gonna talk about teams outside of the top 2? D’fuck are you talking about. By your logic we should only talk about the Thunder and the Spurs
They arent
Im glad Chuck never won a ring so he will never be in best of anything category. Please retire.
There was never another player capable of a Chaos Dunk, whatever else you might say about the man
So we win games and it’s luck and clumsy. We lose games and that’s the standard and the way it should be. Got it 🫡
Nice take from the guy who couldn’t get one measly championship but seems to know what a champ should look like.
Losers shouldn’t get a voice.
Wow, I didn’t realize Lakers fans hate democracy 😔
Suck it, charles
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH thanks chuck
God sometimes I wish the 76ers actually would have traded Charles to the Lakers in the early 90’s just so he wouldn’t complain about how much he hates them every game
Why is he always whining about having to talk about the Lakers during the days he is contractually obligated to talk about the Lakers? Like, feel free to complain about it when you’re not covering their games but of fucking course you have to talk about them when you are covering a game of theirs.
Then Luka drops a step back
Does any serious NBA talking head truly think they’re title contenders? I sure as hell don’t.
Barkley in shambles now
To be fair to chuck, I don’t think being a high seed makes you a contender. No one seriously considered the Rockets a championship contender last year. I think this Lakers team is a better team, don’t get me wrong, but seeding isn’t why I could see this Lakers team making a run.
Yep, that’s why most people still consider Nuggets a contender. They could drop to the 7th seed and still be considered a contender. Vice versa with Pistons being the 1st seed and people still don’t take them seriously.
WELP!!!
No one is forcing you to listen to sports “talk shows”. Your own fault for even listening to that shit?
Damn I used to like him, what a fucking salty loser
Reddit haters personified
fuck you Chuck
Give him the clown suit!
Get fucked, Chuck
Hes not wrong hahahaha
Someone just got cooked :)
Hahahahahaha He’s gonna be on life support.
Should we tell him?
BOZO
Fuck you too Chuck
I hadn’t seen this clip, and the Lakers Nuggets OT banger just finished. I was joking about how Chuck will probably find a way to trash us. I didn’t know he had already released a pre-hate statement lmao it makes it so much funnier.
Words must not have any calories cause his bitch ass constantly has to eat them.
Bro really mad he has to do his job thats he already really ass at. Chuck has been washed but now he just a curmudgeon, at this point he offering as good analysis as Stephen A.
Fatty knows how to earn through ragebait and Lakers have the biggest fan base.
On mondeEeE
oh nonono
This show is just not even worth watching as a Lakers fan, it’s very annoying.
Charles and haters logging out rn to take a dump and cry in the toilet.
Lakers win! Lakers are official contenders for the NBA championship and will win it all!!!
Now Charles doesn’t have to wait until Monday to hear this.
Keep a night light on Chuck
Luke just gave Chuck a nightmare AND some
grabs popcorn
chuck about to eat some dicks now
Sheeeee
couldnt have done it iwthout that GARANTEE TY SIR CHARLES
Generational Hater. You love to see it.
Chuck is HOF.
HOF Laker Hater.
Win or lose, I wont care what that does to Charles Barkley.
Amen
Generational hater I respect it
Dudes a hater whether the lakers are 57-25 or a play in team lol. Same dude who had the 8 seed play in Portland TRAIL BLAZERS to beat the 1 seed lakers in 2020 lmao comes to a point where it’s not analysis anymore lmao. Dude literally is going to get mad about something he is instigating that says it all lol I love chuck but don’t dance in the water if you ain’t wanna get wet 😂
He’s jinxed it
Charles Barkley.
Hates: lakers, normal golf swings, thin women in San Antonio
Loves: money, hating on the lakers, ozempic
Dude has a massive bet against the Lakers apparently 😳
Chuck’s nails might be safe tonight.
r/agedlikemilk
Won by 2 lmao
Chuck was better when he was fat
So he wants us to lose to validate his opinion? 😂
Of course, LeBron and lakers sell tickets and get views. It’s fact. Come on.
This the same dude that said the Lakers would get swept by the Blazers in the 2020 playoffs. And then said the Rockets would beat the Lakers in those same playoffs. Who gives a shit what he thinks.
Chuck is one of us lol
If they aren’t a contender why is he worried?
Honesty I respect his commitment lmao. He’s been consistent with this take for years
I don’t really see anyone call the Lakers contenders
Bring back fat Chuck. All that ozempic giving him too much brain damage.
These guys are fucking terrible at genuine basketball analysis. They are however the most entertaining
With LA housing prices, it’s pretty nice living rent free in someone’s head.
My worst nightmare is Chuck losing more weight
Losers hate Winners; we get it Chucky.
Emotional responses and fandom are like tides and ships. His emotional response makes me love my team more. Thanks, Chuck, you belly button Vaseline freak show.
42-28 right now, Chuck
Lakers Derangement Syndrome
Didn’t he tell a story about getting traded to the Lakers and the trade getting canceled at the last minute…
Chuck is less funny now that he isn’t fat
He can’t name a single player of the lakers bench
Just compare this to the John Wall clip that was posted earlier and Amazon Primes coverage of the NBA for another example of why the Prime coverage is just so much better than ESPN
Charles gotta stop sippin on that Haterade 😂
The Lakers are actually playing quite well atm. Very likely they’ll win tonight.
Why anyone wants to hear from this failed ring chaser is beyond me.
I just don’t understand why Charles hates the Lakers so much. It’s not like we ever stopped him from doing anything
These guys are so done. Get ‘em off TV.
The annoying part is his insistence on poo poo’ing things based on his general opinion instead of letting things play out and commentating on that. The other top teams in the west look vulnerable enough that the lakers can just be part of the obviously flawed bunch
The Lakers are basic coverage for basic fans
What is wrong with him? What other announcer badmouths its marquee teams nonstop. He’s like a heel announcer constantly feuding with his chosen villains. It’s just unprofessional and tiresome
What did the lakers do to this man lmao wtf is this hater shit
Reaching skip levels
As a Lakers fan, I understand. The media talks about the Lakers ALL DAY EVERY DAY. Some years the media pretends that we are serious title contenders (when were not), just so they have something to talk about.
Chuck’s mad because the Lakers never gave him a contract
Old grumpy and not funny anymore, this show run it’s course.
Chuck needs to eat something other than his nails. Another pop of Mounjaro and that mf gonna be looking like Adam Silver.
This dude has become so dull as an entertainer lol
Bron leaving as the 5 time 5 time 5 time WcW Champion
He just hates LeBron not the lakers
Tell Barkley to guarantee deez
Goddamnit Chuck. This is why Murray shot so badly. Chuck is always wrong
Is Chuck sick?
Did he just come back from the salt mines?
I highly doubt the fanbase nailbites any NBA games nowadays, i stopped watching since opening day
Shut up Chuck
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i love how petty he feels towards the Lakers since forever. shits funny
He’s losing too much weight now
How much coverage has ESPN talk about Lakers? Not saying the man is right but when things get talked too much it gets boring isn’t it. Like the Warriors 2016 - 2019.
PrimeNBA is probably the best in coverage as they cover all the teams and breakdowns by former players than shouting matches in ESPN
And Chuck just got those nails manicured
When did Chuck’s obsession with the Lakers begin?
Chuck’s eternal non belief in the lakers is hilarious. I do believe he’s correct here and while the lakers are good I don’t think they have an actual chance of winning the title over teams like okc/spurs
Is there even any somewhat respected NBA media personality who has the Lakers as a legit contender?
Eh. I’m not sure there are any Laker fans that imagine they are real contenders. There’s some that think they could get lucky. That’s about it.
Hating for the love of the game
This is the part of the downside when your mindset is “At the end of the day, Basketball is just a small piece of us as humans.” It’s not entirely wrong to have this mindset, but because Chuck believes this, it’s fine for him to be negative about almost everything.