Chuck's back. The games haven't even started yet, but Chuck's back.
Charles Barkley says that Klay Thompson is the second best player in the world after LeBron James pic.twitter.com/8xki1E3Y1C
— nbaayy (@nbaayy) October 25, 2016
That was Charles Barkley, on opening night of the NBA season, saying Klay Thompson is the second-best all-around player in the NBA, behind LeBron James. Not Kevin Durant or Kawhi Leonard or Steph Curry — Klay Thompson.
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Thompson gets slept on as a defender, so Barkley isn't far off, but still ... this is Night 1.
For good measure, Barkley also referred to (the other) new Warriors big man Zaza Pachulia as "Zsa-Zsa Pazoolia."
We get this until June! What a life!