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Charles Barkley had a blunt connection for NBA media connected Wednesday nighttime amid rumors nan Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns are poised to make coaching changes successful nan offseason.
Barkley, connected TNT aft nan slate of playoff games were over, said Darvin Ham and Frank Vogel didn’t merit to beryllium fired from their respective teams. He said it wasn’t their responsibility that nan teams played poorly and, instead, put nan onus connected nan players and nan executives that put them together.
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Charles Barkley earlier nan crippled betwixt nan New Orleans Pelicans and Los Angeles Lakers, portion of nan NBA In-Season Tournament, connected Dec. 7, 2023, astatine T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas. (Mike Kirschbaum/NBAE via Getty Images)
The Basketball Hall of Famer told nan NBA media to commencement telling nan truth.
"Part of our job, we watch each nan games, we watch each nan talk shows, each of these group connected television, they’re cowards because they want nan players to for illustration them," Barkley said. "They don’t want to do their job, which is to show nan truth.
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"And, I conscionable want to opportunity this astir coaching, anybody who thinks nan Lakers suck is because of Darvin Ham, aliases nan logic nan Suns suck is because of Frank Vogel, you don’t cognize what you’re talking about. Frank Vogel is simply a hellhole of a coach. Darvin Ham is simply a hellhole of a coach trying to get his profession started.
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Los Angeles Lakers caput coach Darvin Ham reacts during nan first-round playoff bid against nan Nuggets, Monday, April 22, 2024, successful Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
"But for each you punks, idiots and jacka--es connected different networks who want to beryllium media and who want each nan players to for illustration y’all, do your damn job. The Lakers suck and nan Suns suck because of nan players. It has thing to do pinch nan coaches."
It’s unclear whether nan Lakers and Suns will make coaching moves aft disappointing seasons.
Los Angeles has been mixed up successful rumors regarding nan early of LeBron James. Multiple reports indicated he would beryllium heading for free agency successful nan offseason, but he pushed backmost connected that successful posts connected societal media.
The Athletic reported that Ham could beryllium fired "likely by nan extremity of nan week."
Suns caput coach Frank Vogel applauds his players during nan first-round playoff bid against nan Minnesota Timberwolves, Sunday, April 28, 2024, successful Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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The Suns mortgaged their early to build a large 3 pinch Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal. But they fell measurement short of expectations. Vogel is said to beryllium connected nan chopping artifact arsenic well.
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