Charles Barkley Slam Dunks Kendrick Perkins For Comments He Made About Him On ESPN First Take 

The fact this is being debated is asinine. Team Serbia only had one NBA all-star. Team France had 2 NBA all-stars on defense. Team Canada only had one NBA all-star. Team USA’s entire roster are all-stars. Therefore nobody should be surprised they won the gold medal.

The original Dream Team brought on Christian Laettner a college player at that time and even he got to play minutes in games. For Steve Kerr to not play Tatum & Hallerburton is unprofessional. It sets a bad precedent, now in future Olympics or World Championships other NBA players will have second thoughts about joining Team USA cause they might not even play at all.

Charles was definitely right on this point 😅

I'm rolling with Barkley.

Barkley is speaking truth 💯‼️Everything he said about the coaching, player rotations, slow style of play and the high quality of players on Team USA and Serbia.

I've always thought it was crazy how guys like Perkins feel they can talk greasy to Legends like Barkley. They've gotten too comfortable around folks like Stephen A and others.

Lebron fans eat tide pods. That tells me all I need to know

Barkley called it correctly.

All I know is LeBron played more minutes than anyone on team USA and he absolutely had something to do with Tatum not being on the floor. LeBron does not like playing with young players especially those who may outshine him

A roster of NBA stars had to grind it out against just Jokic???? Riiiiiiight

They got rid of Rose and Kept Perkins. ESPN is wack. Perkins is horrible.

Sometimes I think Kendrick Perkins rides the short bus!

Barkley cracks me up! This dude is real.

I totally agree with Charles.Perk is trying to be like SAS.It shouldn’t be that close.

Charles per-usual is a shrewd and wise man.

😂😂 right why would chuck even address perk , there’s levels to this

You can see that Tatum wasn't even himself in the finals against France because he was rushing the game.I think that was a result of him not being able to play in those two earlier games. It's like he was out there trying to prove his Worth to the coaching staff something he should never have to do being that he just won an NBA championship, Shame on Steve Kerr 🤬

These entire Olympics and the NBA and the game of basketball have all been prostituted for the narcissism, insecurity, entitlement, and ego of one person. The NBA functions the same as the WWE now. The WWE provides for more entertainment and isn’t just about one person. The NBA plays a bad style of basketball. It’s all about stats. There is a reason the NBA is the sports league losing fans and it’s not politics. Women’s basketball and men’s college basketball are doing just fine. How are the WNBA, men’s college basketball, and women’s college basketball destroying the NBA in ratings? The NBA did not even barely acknowledge their champion this year. The finals MVP was not on team USA. The second best player on the championship team did not get to play on team USA and just sat on the bench. The 40 year old man who hasn’t won anything legitimate in almost a decade. Now, he leads the team in minutes to pad his stats but disappears in every fourth quarter just like in the NBA, gets carried by Steph Curry and Kevin Durant, then gets the MVP. That is the LeBron James experience and it has been that way for 21 seasons. The NBA did not have a plan to push Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan was not even the top pick in his draft. They did not know what they had in Michael Jordan and that occurred naturally. we literally saw the Pistons breaking the rules, playing football against that dude to stop him from winning. LeBron James gets away with playing football because he is too much of a narcissist to develop the rest of his basketball game, he is the AAU superstar, no skills, no fundamentals, no team play, just run in transition and get dunks. That’s his entire game. That’s why he needs PE because there is no deeper fundamental game to fall back on as he ages. These guys in the NBA are PATHETIC for watching this and allowing it to happen - it’s why the NBA is the only sport losing fans and losing them FAST!!! They have made winning worthless for these pampered entitled narcissists who can’t win and don’t wanna be accountable. What other sport trashes its own history because the current generation thinks they are entitled to be the best just cause they were the most recent crop of players??? Can you imagine if Patrick Mahomes resorted to paying people to trash the legacy of Tom Brady - but was too pathetic and weak to say it himself?? Or if Bryce Harper was paying people in the media to discredit Willie Mayes or Hank Aaron?? But the NBA does this everyday for a roided out super narcissist with no skills besides bully ball and getting away with charges and carries….. The NBA discredits their own history and destroys their own fandom lmao! They don’t get LeBron groupies don’t watch these games. They follow him with a celebrity crush. They are in love and obsessed with LeBron - they aren’t basketball fans.

Chuck said you averaged 5 pts a GM don't talk to me!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

Barkley was right and they absolutely embarrassed Jayson Tatum, it was horrible. He should never go to the Olympics again because of that shit

LeBron James is the reason why some players like Jason Tatum didn't get minutes. It became obvious what was happening with LeBron and Joel Embiid even spoke on it.

Mr Barkley is spot on with this one

a Barkley-Perkins debate on TV would be entertaining…

Perkins and a lot of people keep saying they are catching up I'm a American black man they are catching up because a lot of our players really don't care about the game no more only making the money and that's it

6-0. 4-6. Really

SIR CHARLES 🫡💯

can we send LEklutch an LEzesty ramone shames to mars w/o a way 2 return 2 earth? askin 4 a friend.😅😅😅

Basically James did to Tatum what Taurasi did to Clark!

Kendrick talking like Stephen A Smith

Barkley spoke the truth, Tatum gave up his summer and didn't play, yea he got gold but didn't earn, Glen Robinson got a ring with the Spurs and didn't earn just lucky and sign in the end with them Barkley said not everybody with rings earn but everybody in hall of fame did, different topic but get the point it just right wasn't right, Kerr played LeBron to recruit him playing with Curry and because Laego, Ladrama loves drama and narratives see if trade talks don't start Tatum should have gotten some playing even if wasn't in crush time

Barkley was right 100 percent how does kerr justify that i think that shows how his coaching is overrated in my opinion,and Miami coach should have been coaching that team he's the better coach

Charles please sit down and play a game of checkers with bottle caps in your nearest barbershop.

Why do people keep calling Joker the best player in basketball is RIDICULOUS man he never would have had a chance against Hakeen, Kareem, or Shaq😂😂😂😂😂

I have never seen a guy win a title and see his stock drop like Jayson Tatum. It is really fascinating. Hopefully JT can block out the noise and ball out next season.

Dennis Rodman call it exactly right Steve Kerr completely destroyed the mindset of Jason on this squad, he is an OVERRATED subpar coach who had the pleasure of inherited Mark Jackson hard work and Klay to bench him in favor of Brandin was the biggest joke ever Klay did right get the H--- away from him and his poor choices.😮

It' was ESPN's fault. Imagine hiring a guy, who averaged 5 pts per game, like Perkins as an analyst?... And talks like a top 100 NBA player of all time?... lol

The only theory that makes sense is Kerr got his marching orders from the big media machine(NBA,ESPN, Klutch Sports) and gave Lebron all Tatum’a minutes so he could get his stats so they could gift him the MVP….thus giving more fuel to the discussion (that’s never been a discussion)..which is why right on cue we saw headlines and commentary saying Lebron carries team and has passed Jordan etc…Barkley is spot on.

Tatum got did dirty by kerr.

Kerr is to blame. He is just a puppet. He don't know what he doing.

If Charles Barkley dismisses a starting center on a NBA championship team, what do you think he’d care about what any of us has to say

I’m sure Tatum never been DNP n a basketball game his whole life, and for good reason.. like Charles said, they was playing slow (LBJ at PG) an that played into opponents hands .. they coulda sat Lebron old ass down an let the young guys play more minutes, I think the games woulda been much more of blowouts then playing n the “LeSystem” all game 💯

it's funny how people shit on jokic all season and then call him the best player in basketball.

Yea Yea....off the topic when is Dreamerspro going to address the fact of how his boy Jason Whitlock said "Steph is better than Kobe"... Now let Whitlock had said LBJ is better....it would mad videos on saying why he not!!

Is it just me or is every show is a “hell of a show”.

Perkins: look at how great they are Barkley: should have played quicker so you could beat their ass.

Charles Barkley hands down. The NBA just keeps getting more weird.

I enjoyed watching the Olympic basketball games to be honest. There were less fouls called, the Refs let them play physical as long as it didn't get out of control.

Sudan had no all stars yet made team USA suffer

Thank you for adding subtitles to Perkins part of the video ESPN should do the same

U left out he joined Scottie and the dream chasing a title 🤣😭

I agree with Charles kerr didn't you the best job coaching team usa

Charles was right about what he said but his reasoning on why he was qualified to make the argument was wrong

I despise this notion that the game has _"become global"_ as if the WORLD hasn't played basketball since the 1930's!!! Europeans were playing in the NBA BEFORE Black players were allowed in the NBA! I give credit to Sebria, Germany, France, Austraila, & South Sudan for coming out to compete during these Olympics. If you watchef the 4th quarter against Serbia you can see exactly why Team USA is vastly overrated. I loved how Chuck pulled rank!!😊

Yeah Barkley called this one

Chuck did what shaq always did to him. "You aint win a chip so u dont know nothing"

Let’s do the math. 5 people on the court for 40 minutes. The total is 200 minutes. Divided by 12. So everyone gets 16-17 minutes per game. For anyone in the team should get minutes to play. No excuse!!

Team USA wasn’t about the team. It was more about one player.

As per usual Charles Barkley has no filter.

If Barkley had said that to a woman who never played they would say you don't have to play to be an analyst in order to justify women getting these jobs and also some men who have never played. So to say perkins can't talk because he averaged 5 points is the same thing.

Very nice indeed on the way you are telling it like it is real talk 💯😊 somebody has to do it and you do it well feel me politically the game is being destroyed keep it real talk much love no doubt about it

5 points per game 😂

If Steve Kerr did the same thing to Lebron James what he did to Jayson Tatum, imagine how long the talking heads will talk about it...

Tatum is like the new Thomas, but even worse because he was selected but did not get to play. It's like getting invited to a party and nobody talks to you, it's better to not get invited at all.

ESPN has really become a terrible show. They got rid of all the quality people that we want to see on the show.

Barkley said he wasn’t gonna stoop to his level while actually stooping to his level 😂😂😂

I wish this guy would stop staying Team USA embarrassed Tatum. It was Steve Kerr who embarrassed Tatum. He is quick to call out Lebron, but no smoke for Steve Kerr SMH. Charles Barkley was on the money.

LeBron benched Tatum.

How do u send old players and not Kawhi, Jalen

Stephen A averaged 1.5 points per game and gets to critique everybody. #SMDH

There was no reason Tatum didn’t get more mins, he should have been in full rotation he had earned it! I know chemistry matters but I am pretty sure Tatum could have got good chemistry with the rest of the team!

Its like steve kerr coached to do just enough to win against these teams and not DOMINATE. If Jaylen brown and Kyrie, and Kawhi leonard were on the roster they would have enough athleticism and scoring to knock these teams out in the first or second quarter. In my mind, even with the team they has they had enough. They played way too passive and slow and the rotations didnt seem set up to maximize potential. Start the BEST 5 players, not based on politics, and go out and dominate, and destroy these teams from the jump. Guard them all 94 feet with intensity, create turnovers, run the fast break. I saw none of that

3 days before that take Kendrick Perkins was saying the complete opposite tho 😂😂

It's hard to side with Perk especially after he released his top all-time point guard list.

A win is a win that’s all that matters

Barkley's ole school legend..if he had cast what some these guys have today,he would've obviously been a champion!He has the kuhoonas!!

Tatum riding the pine was definitely on purpose and I'm not surprised. Their done pushing him cause he keeps fumbling the missions they needed him to succeed on.

Charles, it was an ad hominem pure and simple on the part of Barkley. Most persons siding with Barkley here on the basis of Kendrick not being a good player did not play in the NBA ever, so by that logic they too should not talk...

If you averaged 5 points per game, that doesn't mean you can't talk about basketball. But if you respond like Kendrick Perkins usually responds to people, not in a debate "I disagree and here's why..." way, but in a Fred Sanford "you big dummy...." kind of way, then then you have room to respond back the way Barkley responds back. But Barkley is right. They're going to struggle to get players to come if you have some players not playing at all during early games. They might have some players say just take 8 next time. Next olympics might not be a problem since it's in LA. Convincing them to give up their summer and stay in Brisbane for a couple of weeks might be a little difficult.

Why is nobody talking Jason’s stats during this Olympic run? This man couldn’t even make 1 jumpshot during the Olympic run, so why would they play him in? Please go look it up.

So Barkley does what Skip did to Shannon and he is celebrated? These dudes can never be wrong. It qlways has to be personal.

With all due respect, saying a guy's comments have no merit and they "can't talk to me" because he only scored 5 points a game is an "appeal to authority". He should have left that part out. A man's comments have merit or lacks merit on their own. The number of points he scored per game adds nothing to it... nor does it take from it That said, everything else Charles said was fine and on point

This is what I’ve been saying, this is a failure if you so stressed about other teams you can’t play Tatum, your team is 600% better than any other nation and your sweating like you can’t play the man who just won a chip? Embarrassing

Wait! So JOKIC on his own made it a competitive match against TEAM USA and Kendrick is bragging about it? Truly amazing how these people analyze things….no wonder Kamala Harris is the Presidential candidate.

On Kendrick is right. European teams have better-rounded players. Super Star in America is a regular player in Europe

You don’t know if the owner of the Celtics didn’t ask Kerr not to play him bc they didn’t want him to get hurt.if these NBA players contract wasn’t guaranteed they wouldn’t even be playing in the Olympics

Tatum did not play because he is a jordan shoe guy😂😂😂

Barkley. All day.. Kerr and his staff was dead wrong for not letting J.T. get some playing time. Especially representing ur country!!!!

Unfortunately, that won't shut Kendrick Perkins up. Perkins is not intelligent enough to shut up.

Yeah right 👉 I totally agree with Chuck I was disappointed to Jason Tatum didn't play he's either 3rd or 4th best scorer on the team

5 points a game, LMFAO 😂😂

Wait are y’all trying to diminish the gold medal because it was a close challenge?!????? Are y’all foreal???? Y’all get on my nerves!! A win is a win idgaf

I agree with Chuck bc on paper they should have never down at any point. Joker just proves he is the best player.

Plain n simple lebron stole the minutes

Barkley just buried Perkins, thats jokes.

Been saying it. They say "there is better competition" 1 MVP and 1 All Star and they are separate teams. Team USA is at least 13 All Stars, some MVPs and Finals MVPs. That is competition to them? LOL SO HARD. YOU MEAN WENYEN GABRIEL GAVE LBJ STEPH AND KD THE FIGHT OF THEIR LIVES? GTFOH

Lmao Charles is crazy how can u compare 92 to now lmao totally evolved league everyone is better

Curry was the most impactful player in the Olympics men’s basketball!

Barkley was right Team USA was trash and struggled not using their debt and playin Lebron system vs ball movement and hit hand gos

Now we know why lbj was still on the floor while they were up 30 late in the 4th. Empty stats as usual.

I think that Steve Kerr should have explained to the younger players that the 2024 Olympics were the "Swan Song" for some of the older players.... The stars of teams who were swept and/or nearly swept (Did the Lakers win one?) out of the playoffs. Hopefully, this disaster won't spill over into 2028, when young stars like Tatum, Jaylen and Kyrie may withhold their services....