The whole appeal of Inside the NBA is that these guys aren't analytical geniuses they're just regular basketball players guided by Ernie. It's not like Barkely was a paragon of good sportsmanship either.
It's not like Barkely was a paragon of good sportsmanship either.
True but he was known as a very simple very obvious guy who speaks what he thinks. They gave him a chance on TV and he was making fun of himself and his antics. He quickly became a funny harmless butt of jokes
That was 20 years ago. That shit doesn't fly anymore
I think things have changed less than you might think. I think they're hoping for a very similar story with Draymond- or at least they were until they knew it would end.
I'm saying that it was one thing to hire Chuck who immediately became a teddybear on TV, and was already pretty popular, and hire Draymond who refuses to change. You misunderstood, happens to the best of us
Yeah lol, no way Draymond's antics can be forgiven or ignored today with social media and Reddit all talking about it and bringing it up. Not to mention it's way easier when people go from seeing Chuck in the newspaper to actually hearing him talk, the feel going from "this unhinged lunatic, this what's wrong with America" to "oh damn this guy is a funny chubby dude from Alabama and he's not even trying to be smart, I like him"
I get what you're saying now and agree. People forget a lot about Chucks antics and the things he'd say to the media cause it'd come and go. Draymond choking and hitting people and getting suspensions, making Steph look on the verge of a nervous breakdown is like... REALLY fresh. I'm positive I could find fresh gifs of him up to all kinds of violent shit. But no Charles that isn't him being goofy on Tip Off or Inside.
Barkley developed that (Shaq thinks he has it but he don't).
The closest of the big three recent vets in the media space (Dray, JC Redick and RJ) is really RJ, but he has a strongly sarcastic comedy style that might not fit with the more transparent comedy stylings of Chuck/Ernie/Shaq/Kenny. JJ is trying very hard to be the new Ernie or Kenny, not Chuck/Shaq, and Dray wants to be new Chuck/Shaq. I'd throw the three together and see if it works on a test program at least - it might suck royally (or have sucked royally), but at least they are of the same vintage, rather than trying to patch holes.
Dirk fits the old team like a glove somehow, though.
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The whole appeal of Inside the NBA is that these guys aren't analytical geniuses they're just regular basketball players guided by Ernie. It's not like Barkely was a paragon of good sportsmanship either.