Accusing San Antonio women of being fat might be the nicest thing Charles Barkley has to say about the people of the city.
Barkley hijacked a postgame interview with Spurs sharpshooter Danny Green on Wednesday night to rail against the fans of the team, saying “they suck.”
“Most of the people in San Antonio have been great to me and they can take a joke, the only advantage I have is it’s easy to say words, but they won’t come in my face and say it ’cause I’ll beat their ass. Talk will never hurt me, but if they get too close, I am going to beat them like a drum,” Barkley said after the Spurs crushed the Thunder to take a 2-0 series lead.
Barkley made his fat-women comments — he called San Antonio “a gold mine for Weight Watchers” — during the second round of the playoffs. TNT takes its studio show on the road for the conference finals, and Barkley has had some issues in the Alamo City.
First, Tim Duncan’s attractive girlfriend mocked the Hall of Famer with “Barkley Don’t Know” T-shirts. When TNT showed Vanessa Macias, and several other women, Barkley yelled, “They flew her in from Dallas.”
Then a video surfaced of a local radio host accosting Barkley at a hotel bar, yelling at him about the comments and then celebrating like he just won Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
The series shifts to Oklahoma City now and Barkley may avoid a return if the Spurs can sweep the Thunder. If not, San Antonio’s least-favorite visitor will be back for Game 5 next Thursday night.
“I was just having fun, you know I don’t pay these idiots no attention. My job is to get them to turn on the TV and watch,” Barkley said.