Barkley Follow Up

We love Charles here at WKFTB.

Well maybe not that much, but still. Sorry if that image is a little disturbing. Its from when an obese Sir Charles challenged the fit old man and referee Dick Bavetta to a race on live TV. I actually won money on this as Barkley absolutely dusted that fossil as a 3:1 dog in the sportsbooks. Charles probably wagered on himself too now that I think about it.

Williams post earlier reminded me of how great and entertaining Barkley really is. This is nothing new, but I still wanted to pay homage. Barkley is a man born without the ability to filter the things that travel from his brain to his mouth. Sir Charles is a funny, candid man. He is also an absolute degenerate gambler of epic proportions. He freely admits he has lost over 10 million gambling including 400k on the Superbowl last year. I hope he really does have it under control now or soon though so he can do more things like pay a busboys tuition. Barkley also might run for Governor in Alabama in 2014 which would be a great show.

The last paragraph is all talk of him after his playing days too. Some people forget, and others are too young to remember, just how good he was on the court. Barkley was an 11 time all star, has a league MVP under his belt, and was selected as one of the NBA's top 50 players of all time. There was even a point where, as you can see, people wondered if he was better than Godzilla. (I remember this poster on Adam Yakavonis'(a follower of this blog) bedroom wall about 15 years ago)

I might as well post the famous ugliest golf swing in the world while am at it. Its so bad that it almost seems fake. There is another youtube of Tiger doin an impression of it which is funny. Picture swinging like this and gambling hundreds of thousands on golf anyway.

The main reason I wanted to post and follow up on Barkley though was to list off my top 10 quotes of all time by him. Remember, we don't necessarily agree with these quotes here at WKFTB, but we do find them amusing.

10. When asked if he was serious about running for Governor of Alabama in 2014. "I am, I can't screw up Alabama. We are number 48 in everything and Arkansas and Mississippi aren't going anywhere,".

9. "I know why his name is DMX. Because his real name is Earl."

8. "When I was recruited at Auburn [university], they took me to a strip joint. Once I saw Buffy's titties I knew the school met my academic standards."

7. "You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black."

6. After throwing a guy through a 1st floor window in a bar Charles was in front of the judge.
Judge: "Your sanctions are community service and a fine, do you have any regrets?"
Charles: "Yeah I regret we weren't on a higher floor"

5. "I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids."

4. "I can be bought. If they paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan.""

3. on his thoughts about retiring before the season: "I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.' And I said, 'You got a pen on you?'"

2. After Kevin Garnett threw a ball into the crowd out of frustration and was ejected. They showed footage of the man that got hit by the ball being taken away in a stretcher and his daughter was crying. Charles commented that players take passes to the face all the time. He topped it off by saying: "You know why that little girl's crying? It's because she's thinking 'my daddy's a wussy'".

1. Kenny: "There's guys who go over to Europe and play overseas from America, and they dominate!"
Charles: "Those are called 'brothers'

Sunday Locks: Balt -3, Phil/Minn Under 41

I got some good news for the blog late last night. Im connected to a message board that has some sports handicappers as members. I got permission (well, found out its allowed) to copy some of the picks and explanations they post on here as long as I'm not profiting (as in selling, not winning). So I will be posting some of their picks against the number for you bros who like to make the occasional bet with your legal sportsbook located in Las Vegas or overseas. I am not claiming these plays will hit like crazy so make sure you realize that. Its just for a little fun as something I think our betting readers will enjoy. Anyway on to todays locks, Baltimore -3 and Philly/Minn under 41.

I like Baltimore -3 today as my personal lock. I think the Raven defense will embarass the gimmicky wildcat formation. The Ravens defense is ferocious and studious. Lewis is somehow having a great year again and Reed is at the top of his game. I love them because of 3 reasons, intuition, bias, and numbers. Intuition in that I just see Ed Reed scoring after picking either a duck from Ronnie Brown or a floater from Pennington to Ginn Jr. Bias in that I just think Miami is wiggity whack. And numbers because the guys from Football Outsiders are stat/number crunching monsters and have a proven rating system that depends on pure data input, no eyeball tests, and it has had Baltimore as the 2nd best team by the numbers almost all season. Jump on my back if you want, but both of the tempting road favorites did kill a lot of people yesterday.

Sunday's lock (Tom Friedman): Philly @ Minn Under 41 pts

One key stat a lot of handicappers look at when analyzing a total is red-zone percentage and this matchup pits two teams that aren’t effective inside the 20. Minnesota reached the red-zone 44 times this season and mustered up 19 touchdowns and 17 field goals, which was ranked 28th in the league. Philadelphia was ranked 22nd but it didn’t light up the scoreboard either, scoring just 31 touchdowns in 61 trips for a 49.2 scoring percentage.

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