SORRY, CHARLIE
Joseph Nocera
October 11, 1999
Houston, you had a problem. Now you have six—the half dozen subs and scrubs you got from Portland for Scottie Pippen. Sure, Pippen was dumb to criticize Charles Barkley's fat butt. But was he wrong? No offense, Charles, but in the battle of Grumpy Old Forwards, the one who's known to play defense still leads, six rings to none.
Houston, you had a problem. Now you have six—the half dozen subs and scrubs you got from Portland for Scottie Pippen. Sure, Pippen was dumb to criticize Charles Barkley's fat butt. But was he wrong? No offense, Charles, but in the battle of Grumpy Old Forwards, the one who's known to play defense still leads, six rings to none.