NBAObsessed is going on record for being in favor of Charles Barkley getting a job as an NBA General Manager. Charles has spoken and he wants the job. He is ready to grow, he says.

Ok, ok, stop laughing now, Charles meant he is ready to grow as a person and was never referring to his waistline and you have to believe he means it, because in the world of Charles Barkley the truth is always what you say no matter who you offend or how dumb you sound. That is one of my favorite things about the Round Mound of Rebound.

The Chuckster is tiring of criticizing teams and wants the responsibility to build a winner with his own hands.

“It’s time for me to be a general manager,’’ said Barkley, who has been at TNT for eight years. “I think everybody around me knows it’s time for me to take a different challenge.

“I always want to keep going as a person. I love my job. I love the people I work with. But now it’s time for me to take on another challenge as a man. I need to grow as a person and it’s time for me.

“And certainly I can do a better job than some of these guys have been doing.’’

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Introducing the future GM Charles Barkley

Think of how much better the interviews with the GM would be if Charles was in Charge!

Hey Charles, what did you think of your team tonight?

“They stunk up the joint. They have no idea how to play basketball. We’ll be lucky to ever win a game again. It was stupid for me to even pick up some of these guys and, you know what, it is time to just get rid of them.”

Charles, are you sure, some of them have guaranteed contracts?

“Guaranteed contracts, who cares about guaranteed contracts? It is not my money we are spending here. It belongs to that old rich guy that owns the team.”

Charles, you don’t seem so upset about losing, why not?

“This team is so easy to bet against it ain’t even funny. They just keep losing and my winnings just keep piling up!”

Wait, you are right, no one could be that honest, not even Barkley.
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Dwight Howard can’t even dunk the ball with Dirk Nowitzki holding on to him

Ouch! Ooooover rrrrraaaated. OOOOOoooover RRRRrrrrated.

Dwight Howard? Come on, what are you talking about?

Fantasy Hoops, my young man. Not real hoops. Hey, who wouldn’t want Dwight in Real Hoops? You know, like the NBA. He is spectacular. No, he is Superman.

Superman, (or should we call him Ironman because he has never missed a game in his entire career) averaged a mind-boggling 14.2 rebounds, 20.7 points (on 60% shooting), and 2.2 blocks per game last season. As a point of comparison, Shaq never averaged 14 boards a contest in a given season, and Timmy Duncan never averaged 13. In fact, since 1980, there have been only three other players to average over 14 rebounds and 20 PPG in the same season: Charles Barkley, Moses Malone, and Hakeem Olajuwon. Not bad a sign when you are keeping Hall-of-Fame Company as a 22-years-old.

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He does all of this in spite of still having few moves around the basket. What is he going to do if someone teaches him some moves?

But you said Dwight Howard is overrated?

You are not listening. Fantasy Hoops, Not NBA hoops.

In Fantasy Hoops there is very little relation to winning basketball. In fact, one of my favorite Fantasy Hoop players was Chris Weber early in his career. He would amass enormous stats, but win few games. Partly because he played little defense and partly because he played on bad teams.

So what is wrong with Dwight’s Fantasy Hoop game?

Well, you have to take into account a couple of his glaring deficiencies. He can’t shoot free throws, much like Shaq or Wilt Chamberlain. And at times he has stone hands and makes bad ball decisions.

The despicable free-throw percentage (he actually shot a lower percentage from the line {59%} than he did from the field), combined with the league-leading 11 attempts per game, is an anchor than will sink your team in roto-leagues. In addition, the turnovers are a killer.

So don’t waste a high pick on Dwight in your Fantasy Hoop draft.

Of course, Dwight Howard is not totally worthless, so if you can get him cheap, go for it.

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Mo Cheeks is on 6′ 1″ tall, in spite of what Sir Charles thinks of his ears

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Charles is a classic. Somehow he can say anything and get away with it.

First he gets all over the poor shooting of the Philadelphia 76ers against the Detroit Pistons.

Wade on the poor shooting of the Sixers: “I agree with what Charles said, (the Sixers) can’t make any shots tonight and if you can’t make any shots you’re in for a long night.”

Barkley: “I didn’t say they weren’t making shots, I say they can’t shoot.”

Wade: “I didn’t want to say that.”
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Later, he discussed how Andre Iguodala needs to shoot 500 to 1,000 jumpers this summer each day to improve his jump shot, then in a truly Barkley classic he comments on Mo Cheeks, the 76ers coach.

Barkley: “How tall is Maurice Cheeks?”

Smith: “6-foot-1, I think.”

Barkley: “He has the ears of a seven footer.”

The Pistons, led by a red hot shooting Rip Hamilton and Chauncey Billups, destroyed Philadelphia in game 6 to take the series.

NBA Basketball special comment The Orlando Magic will be the next opponent for the Detroit Pistons and will prove to be a much tougher team to beat with Dwight Howard.

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