CHARLES Barkley has been accused of a fashion faux pas live on Inside The NBA. The NBA Hall of Famer turned up at Target Center for Game 2 between the Dallas Mavericks and the Minnesota Timberwolves in an eye-catching outfit. "Big topic of conversation today, the plaid shirt with the Chuckster today," joked host Ernie Johnson to kick off the broadcast.
Barkley paired his plaid shirt with a striped tie and blue suit live on TNT. "I'm experimenting. I've got a whole new wardrobe for the Playoffs," he explained, but it seems safe to say none of his co-stars were convinced by this particular experiment.
"That's terrible that's what it is," commented Shaquille O'Neal as Barkley continued to explain his look. "I don't want people looking at my clothes I want them looking at my face," Barkley said. "I mean you guys - this is not you Ernie - when y'all are ugly, y'all need to wear a good outfit.
I want people looking at the moneymaker." Meanwhile, Kenny Smith, who was sat alongside Barkley, gave the camera a look of disbelief. Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green asked Barkley if he felt he was "giving them the better of two evils by looking at the shirt?" "That's right, look at the face America, Barkley responded.
But to say O'Neal was not convinced would be an understatement. "Chuck, you do not look good," he bluntly commented. Barkley wasn't going to take such criticism lying down though, telling O'Neal that "anytime I've got this face on me I look good.
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