Tale of the Tape. Charles Barkley vs. LeBron James

http://www.businessinsider.com/lebron-james-rips-charles-barkley-2017-1 

“I’m not going to let him disrespect my legacy like that,” James told ESPN. “I’m not the one who threw somebody through a window. I never spit on a kid. I never had unpaid debt in Las Vegas. I never said, ‘I’m not a role model.’ I never showed up to All-Star Weekend on Sunday because I was in Vegas all weekend partying.

“All I’ve done for my entire career is represent the NBA the right way. Fourteen years, never got in trouble. Respected the game. Print that.”  

“I know [Barkley] wanted to retire a long time ago, but he can’t,” James said. “He’s stuck up on that stage every week.”
James then issued a challenge, of sorts.

“And if this makes him want to talk to me, the schedule’s out there,” James said. “He knows every road arena I’ll be in. Don’t just come up to me at All-Star and shake my hand and smile.

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This reminds me of the Dark Knight when Bruce Wayne's lawyer tries to exploit Lucius Fox for 10 million a year for the rest of his life or he is going to reveal that Bruce Wayne is the Batman.  And Lucius basically responds by saying you've just explained the most badass motherfucker in the world, and your plan is to blackmail him?  Obviously LeBron isn't attempting to blackmail Sir Charles here, but throughout the entire quote he encompasses Charles Barkley in a nutshell.  A drunk? Check. A loose cannon? Check. Not afraid to fuck someone up? Check.  Gambling addiction? Double check.  If you're LeBron James is this someone you really want to go to battle with?

I mean LeBron loves to laud the fact that he is a father of 3.  The dude says it in like every damn interview.  Does he really think a drunk Chuckster won't hesitate to spit on one of his kids at All-Star weekend?  Or maybe berate his wife when he is on a bender?  Absolutely no one is off limits in Charles Barkley's head, and LeBron himself just opened up all his family and friends to the lions den.  I know in his head he is defending himself.  But in reality he is just entering the ring with a man he himself described as a nut job with nothing to lose.  Not a good combo for the King.