‘These guys acting like fools and jackasses’: Legends go nuclear over NBA basketcase

NBA legends Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal have tee’d off on the basketcase that’s the Brooklyn Nets.

Barkley, the TNT analyst and Basketball Hall of Famer, ripped the Nets and the NBA on “Inside the NBA,” hours after coach Steve Nash was fired.

The assault comes as Brooklyn makes an attempt to take care of star Kyrie Irving, who drew controversy for sharing a hyperlink anti-Semitic movie on social media, the NY Post reviews.

O’Neal expressed his damage over Irving’s posts and the actual fact the star continues to divide the sport.

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“This is all on Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons. Steve Nash is a scapegoat,” Barkley stated. “This thing was never going to work when [Kyrie Irving] said we don’t need a coach.”

Barkley added that the crew was good throughout its 2021 playoff run that finally resulted in a second-round loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. He asserted that the criticism with Nash solely began after that individual run.

“Nobody was talking about how bad of a coach Steve Nash was three or four years ago,” he stated. “All of the sudden these guys start acting like fools and jackasses and now Steve Nash can’t coach.”

The Nets have begun the 12 months with an underwhelming 2-5 document, and haven’t but established a crew id exterior of full chaos. Durant stated news of Nash’s axing left him shocked, a response basketball followers weren’t shopping for.

Barkley went on to claim that the NBA and commissioner Adam Silver have been far too sluggish to take care of Irving’s newest incident.

“I think he should have been suspended him,” Barkley stated. “I think Adam should have suspended him. First of all, Adam is Jewish — you can’t take my $40 million and insult my religion,” Barkley stated.

“You gonna insult me, you have the right, but I have the right to say, ‘You can’t take my $40 million and insult my religion.’ I think the NBA, they made a mistake.

“We’ve suspended people and fined people who have made homophobic slurs. And that was the right thing to do. If you insult the Black community, you should be suspended or fined heavily.”

Barkley pointed to Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards being fined $40,000 for anti-gay remarks made on social media.

“In Irving’s case, the punitive measures needed to be taken sooner,” Barkley stated.

“Him acknowledging the Alex Jones thing, something should have happened with that too, cause that dude’s crazy.

“I can’t believe we ain’t talking about basketball — we talking about this idiot.

“When you’re somebody as great at basketball as him, people are going to listen to what you say. I blame the NBA, he should have been suspended.”

O’Neal was additionally closely essential of Irving and his controversial posts, saying the star doesn’t appear to care concerning the penalties of his actions.

“I was one of the first guys on Twitter and when I realised the power it had, I knew I had to be very responsible,” O’Neal stated.

“I try to make people happy. My formula has always been the same – 60 per cent to make you laugh, 30 per cent to inspire and 10 per cent whatever I’m selling.

“You have to be aware of what you are doing. You have to be conscious and I can tell he is not conscious – he doesn’t really care what’s going on.