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Warriors zing Chuck with ‘Jump Shooting Teams: 1, Charles Barkley: 0’ shirt (Ball Don’t Lie)
Even as the Golden State Warriors were demolishing opponents by an average of 11.4 points per 100 possessions — the second-best mark of the last 15 years, behind only the Year 1 KG-Truth-Ray 2008-09 Boston Celtics — famously opinionated TNT commentator Charles Barkley continued to beat his favorite drum. [ Yahoo Fantasy Basketball: Sign up for a league today ] "I have said the exact same thing for 16 years here," Barkley said back in January . "I don't like jump-shooting teams. I don't think you can win the championship beating good teams shooting jumpers. Klay [Thompson] and Steph [Curry] are great players, and they've got a great home court, but I'm just saying … in a seven-game series, I don't think they can make enough jumpers … No disrespect to the Golden State Warriors. I like teams that are built inside-out." As luck would have it — there's that word again! — the Warriors didn't need to prove they could hit enough jumpers over the course of seven games. After stomping their way to a 67-15 regular-season record and the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, Golden State dispatched all of its opposition in six games or less to win the...
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