At no point in his chastising Durant did he claim his only objection was the timing. That is something you added to argue why he isn't a hypocrite.
Further, it is a matter of opinion whether you choose to consider that a significant enough distinction. We both know that Barkley went chasing after championships at some point in his career. So who is he to get upset that Durant chose to do so sooner in his career than he did? It's a stupid fucking distinction to make particularly when Durant gave OKC 9 years of his career because it's completely arbitrary.
If we assume that Barkley's view is as you said then all he did was set an arbitrary number for deciding that it's too soon for Durant to team up with superstars to chase a championship and lo and behold, that arbitrary number happens to ensure he is not included in the group he wants to chastise.
Since you're STILL intellectually bankrupt...
I agree. Your entire point is stupid.
People that are hypocrites also lived their lives in reality so the fact we know this doesn't make Barkley any less a hypocrite.
Your entire basis for Barkley being a hypocrite is him criticizing Kevin Durant and Lebron James for doing something he himself did.
Barkley didn't do what James and Durant did based on the reality and context of the situations, therefore Barkley is not a hypocrite.
You can't claim Barkley is a hypocrite, calling into evidence what he did and using his past against him, then when the ACTUAL context of the history and situations are brought up claim that we can't make those distinctions because Barkley didn't.
YOU brought Barkley's past into the equation by making claims about/against him, as such his entire history and actual life is now admissible to evaluate and in this case rebuke those claims.
No one with a brain expects Barkley to give a 15 page address on the issue citing differences in his situation. We saw it happen, we have the internet, we have data and the actual experience. Normal minded people can evaluate this pretty easily.
You, for some reason, have the cognitive ability of a three year old and aren't able to.
So yes, I agree, this(you) are stupid.
That basically penalizes Durant because he entered the league as a teenager and is entirely self serving Bullshit by Barkley.
No. Here's the actual situation(s)..again:
Barkley was traded from a floundering Suns franchise to the Rockets at nearly 34 years old. He was joining Drexler and Hakeem who were both 34 as well and Houston was coming off a season where they didn't just set the NBA record for wins in a season.
Drexler retired a year later.
Olajuwon never started more than 50 games a year the rest of his career after 96-97 and was retired 5 years later.
Barkley retired 4 years later.
Barkley going to the Rockets is nothing like what has happened with James/Durant, unless you expect Durant, Curry, Thompson, and Green to all be retired in two to five seasons and the Warriors were a middling team in the West last year.
Barkley getting traded to the Rockets based on this offseason is most comparable to Wade coming to Chicago if ANY comparison is going to be made.
He didn't/should have had to make any distinction in his comments because people with a brain know the difference.
The other trade you bring up he went to the Suns, who had no other super star players, much less the reigning two time MVP, they hadn't made it past the 2nd round the previous two years..one year falling ou tin the 1st round...much less back to back NBA Finals appearances including a win, on top of all this the 76ers were a train wreck at the time. Barkley was asking for a trade to go to a team where he could be THE guy.
His comments going back years are about other established franchise guys in their prime, going to other teams to team up with other superstars to take a step back and chase rings.
You're easily the worst poster in this entire community.
Congrats.
