Link October 26, 2009 - Dr. Anklesnap Yesterday it was being reported that Charles Barkley of, getting DUI’s on the way to meet hookers fame NBA on TNT fame, is making a public pitch for his services as a General Manager of an NBA franchise. In classic ‘Chuck’ fashion, Barkley knocks the NBA GM’s league wide in stating his case: “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.’’ I’m not sure if it’s a longing to be a General Manager or if it’s just another chance to compete with his longtime friend and rival Michael Jordan, as MJ is a co-owner and executive with the Charlotte Bobcats. Chuck says he wants to ‘grow as a person’, but personally I think the managing of a basketball team is best left to those that are equipped to handle the in’s and out’s of contract negotiations. Charles may be better suited to act as a scout or marketing representative for a ball club. Or maybe i’m just bitter that if CB gets a job as a GM he won’t have enough time to entertain us all at half-time and post-game as an analyst.
I think he'll be a good GM .. He has good judjment and isnt afraid to say it like it is .. right now the only GM job available is Golden State but even DMorey cant fix the mess there in ..
Governor. BTW, it's really hard to decide which is greater: the stupidity of voters or the stupidity of some NBA owners.
he'd be a horrible GM, a gm is supposed to be familiar and well versed with the league and interested in knowing trends and understanding the NBA. If you have seen his commentary, although he was a good player himself, he often doesn't know whats going on, whose on whats team, and he is frank, but often clueless and and ignorant and simplifies things and often unrealistic in his diagnosis of what a team needs. He is best suited for TNT and good TV
