Barkley fires off on Knicks, praises Nets

Posted by Unknown on Friday, September 28, 2012 with 8 comments
Love him or hate him, Charles will be Charles.  While speaking recently on the Atlantic Division, Charles Barkley again fired off on the Knicks' pairing of Carmelo Anthony and Amar's Stoudemire.  

“It’s not going to work, and it’s not going to click,” Barkley said of the All-Star pairing. “I’m not a believer that a leopard can change its spots....They’re both very good offensive players — Carmelo is a great offensive player, Amar’e is a very good offensive player. But I don’t think all of a sudden they’re going to become great rebounders and great defenders...They don’t rebound the ball well and they’re not a good defensive team,” Barkley said, adding that he wasn’t a good defender himself. “ I really think that’s going to be their downfall....I don’t foresee them getting better, to be honest with you,” he said.


On the Brooklyn Nets


“I think they are the best team in New York,” he said, calling Brook Lopez and Kris Humphries “underrated...I think Joe Johnson is going to be huge in Brooklyn, because he’s more of a role player,” Barkley said. “The problem he had in Atlanta was they expected him to be the best player. The best player (in Brooklyn) is Deron Williams. So I really think that they’re the best team in New York.”

About the Knicks' Off season moves

“I told somebody the other day, they were telling me about the Knicks getting Camby and Kidd. I said, ‘I love that (move) ... if it was 2000.’ I’m not so sure that I like it in 2012,”