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Charles Curtis

Charles Barkley delivers a hilarious but correct rant on the focus on the Lakers

Charles Barkley got this take absolutely right.

The Los Angeles Lakers were playing better fairly recently, but have lost four of their last five including Tuesday’s OT L to the Boston Celtics. As of Wednesday morning, they’d be the No. 12 seed in the West at 11-16.

Despite all of that, they’re going to be talked about because: LeBron is there, they have an MVP candidate in Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook is adapting to sixth man status … and the storied franchise is a laughingstock.

Which brings us to Chuck’s rant — he’s gone in on the Lakers before — on Tuesday night’s Inside the NBA. Tl;dr: The Lakers stink, but we (including himself!) have to talk about them, and when do we ever talk about 12 seeds?

Yep!

Nailed it!

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