Charles Barkley
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And J.J.
Redick said that LeBron, he gets fouled more than anybody, I think, in the history of the game, which isn't true because Shaq got fouled probably more than anybody because you could never tell if you were hurting Shaq, whereas LeBron's a big guy, but he also is pretty theatrical as well.
Is LeBron being refereed fairly?
Man, first of all, all great players, a couple things.
All great players make contact with the defense first.
So then there's always contact.
I always try to hit the guy I was playing against just to knock him off balance so I could get my shot off.
So we all overreact.
There's always contact.
I actually think the refs have kind of swallowed the whistle these playoffs.
I've seen more contact on guys than I saw the entire regular season.
I bet if you did a survey, I bet free throw shooting is down.
I mean, I haven't looked at all, but I bet if you go back and look at the first round,
And the first couple games of these, I bet free throw shooting is down.
Because when me and Kenny were in there the other day, we screaming, that's a foul, that's a foul, that's a foul.
And the refs not calling the fouls.
But I guarantee if you went and looked at the numbers, I bet free throw shooting is down.
The number of guys have taken.
And I was watching, listening to your show earlier today when I was driving around.
I think I heard somebody say that somebody shot, I think Austin Reed shot more free throws than Shea Gildress.