“He’s caught with a gun, he gets suspended and then, less than two months later, he gets filmed again on Instagram with a gun and you’re like, ‘Kid can’t be that stupid,’” said Barkley.
“[The] kid is getting paid close to $100 million and the only thing you have to do is don’t be a fool. Just play basketball. Ain‘t like it’s a real job.
“We’re not like teachers. We’re not like firemen. We’re not like policemen. We’re not somebody who’s in the service. We’re not a doctor. Those are five real jobs.
“Real jobs [with] people who will never make a lot of money and all you have to do is dribble a stupid basketball and stay out of trouble.”
He won’t just wake up one morning and decide to not be foolish anymore, anymore than he’ll wake up and not be an alcoholic.
It’s literally like 5 months later. Barkley gets his rocks off talking shit about players today like he wasn’t throwing accountants through windows when he played. Fucking hypocrite. But he shucks and jives now so everyone just eats it up
He’s an all time great player and his career wasn’t cut short by bad off the court behavior
Basketball isn’t a children’s game, it’s a SPORT like it was made for all ages and people from all walks of life. That take fucking sucks
There are those who get infinite chances and those who get punished for every little thing. Think house m.d. or sherlock holmes, guy had so much talent people excused his addiction and assholery.
Mate the point you’re trying to make is lost when you cite x2 fictional characters as evidence
Same with iron man, guys kind of a douche but hes so good at saving the world he gets a pass
Chuck dud get caught with a gun in his Philly days.
And then he never did it again. That’s what he has issues with. Ja is allowed to make mistakes, what he shouldn’t do is repeat them, over and over again.
Ja Maront is just young and dumb. I’m not sure it’s malicious. But got out of hand.
Flashing a gun on IG live multiple times isn’t just youthful ignorance cmon now lol and besides the dude is 24 not like 15
Dude is 24 and has threatened people on multiple occasions. Part of the reason why he doesn’t mature is because y’all just give him every excuse in the book.
I want Barkley to run for President
But Chuck, do you even know how hard it is to not flex guns online? Homie went to rehab for that. It’s some serious shit.
What does ‘caught with a gun’ even mean? I don’t believe he was charged with anything. This is just nonsense. Also police isn’t a real job either, basketball players contribute far more to society but that’s a whole different discussion.
I’ll bite. How are police not a real job?
i have to ask, if being an nba player isn’t a real job how is a police officer one ?
one requires a lot more qualifications and competency than the other
They both are real jobs
I know Chuck is a reddit darling and that shit he pulled on Adam Silver was cool as fuck. And also fuck Ja’s stupid shit. But a lot of this reads like boomer shit.
When Ja Mornuts dad put on the Redemption shirt, Ja was healed and absolved
Chuck is the realest
I liked what Austin Reaves said about basketball players, paraphrasing here: “we essentially play a kid’s game and get paid a lot of money”
Chuck is so good for the fans of this sport. Legend
But Ja’s people said it was a toy gun