Charles Barkley Kobe

In the final playoff series of barkley s career kobe and the lakers beat.

Charles barkley kobe. In the ringer podcast charles barkley raved about how the only player who ever came close to michael jordan was kobe bryant. Charles barkley played against both greats so he knows how lethal they are in isolation but he still made a different pick for the greatest 1 on 1 player he s ever seen. Charles barkley implied there s still a long way to go before lebron james catches up with jordan. However he has also had a very interesting second career post retirement as an nba analyst.

Charles barkley who played against bryant for the last four of his 16 nba seasons added following bryant s death sunday in a california helicopter crash that basketball is a close knit. In fact chuck even went a step further and said shaq wouldn t be the guy he is now without kobe and d wade who helped him win chips. The 57 year old said that if the la lakers win this year lebron might even go above kobe on his. When kobe bryant confronted charles barkley virtually.

For the past 20 years barkley has been working with tnt s inside the nba as a rather outspoken analyst. Barkley and kobe squared off in the 1999 nba west first round of the playoffs when barkley was with the houston rockets. Nba veteran charles barkley had a successful basketball career in the league. I really want to emphasize.

Well that is exactly what charles barkley wanted to know. Statement on behalf of charles barkley. Amid an ongoing public debate over kobe bryant s dual legacies charles barkley said the deceased los angeles lakers star should be remembered both for his career and the rape claim against him. Then he said i consider lebron as great as he is i think he s more of a magic johnson type of guy because the other two guys would kill you.

Michael jordan and kobe bryant are two of the greatest iso scorers in nba history.