Charles Barkley scolded Billy Ray Bate’s comment after uncomfortable

Charles Barkley asked an unpleasant question on Sunday evening, but Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal seemed to make it worse.

Barkley is loved to be honest because of his openness and dull, but be from time to time In the NBA Co-hosts have to keep it in check. They usually do a good job. But on Sunday evening there was a fight.

Ty Jerome helped the Cleveland Cavaliers to win a 121-100 win against Miami Heat with 28 points from the bank during the first round game on Sunday evening. And during the NBA in the TNT postgame show, they put a graphic on the screen that showed Jeromes 28 points that were the fourth most frequent points scored by a player who came out of the bank in a playoff debut. Jerome sat directly behind Billy Ray Bates, who scored 29 points from the bank in 1980.

“I wonder if he is still alive?” Barkley bluntly asked Billy Ray Bates, a question that bumped into immediate silence when Johnson and Smith shook their heads incredulously.

Charles Barkley was insulted on ‘Inside the NBA’ because he asked if Billy Ray Bates was still alive. pic.twitter.com/c3qid1drny

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Barkley doubled quickly and insisted on it: “It’s a fair question!” With a giggle.

“Not on national television!” Said Smith. “Maybe in the breath. Maybe you google it.”

“Not unless you know the answer,” added Johnson to deny Barkley’s claim that it was a fair question. “You don’t have to ask such a question.”

Smith was “unfortunately …” in the background when Shaq interfered to say that Billy Ray Bates “died”.

“I can’t even ask questions now,” said Barkley and prompted Johnson to indicate the importance of “social skills”.

“You will let us fire, Chuck!” Shaq added.

Maybe Johnson, Shaq and Smith do not know something, the Barkley and the rest of us. Because if you receive Smith’s advice and “Google IT”, there are no records that Billy Ray Bates died. According to Wikipedia, Bates is still alive. There are also services and websites that Billy Ray Bates book as a guest speaker, which would also mean that he is still alive.

At least Barkley asked the question. The rest of the In the NBA The crew just hurried to tell us that Bates were dead, which, if it is true, seem to have news.