Charles Barkley makes disparaging remarks about Cleveland.

by Administrator on Mar.23, 2009, under Basketball

The controversial TNT announcer made some disparaging remarks about the city of Cleveland before the network televised Thursday night’s game between the Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers.
Bantering in TNT’s studios in Atlanta with co-hosts Ernie Johnson and Chris Webber, Barkley, who also thinks the Cavs need to speed up their offense, took off on Cleveland and Milwaukee.
Barkley: If you were to swap the people in Cleveland and Milwaukee, it’d be the same dreary ass city. They are both dreary places. C Webb, would you agree? Cleveland and Milwaukee, other than Perkins Soul Food joint, they are the same dreary ass city.
Webber: I agree.
Johnson: I was born in Milwaukee, they are not the same city.
Barkley: Ernie you were born in Milwaukee?
Johnson: I was born in Milwaukee.
Barkley: Milwaukee is a very nice city.
Johnson: Certainly is. And there’s nothing wrong with Cleveland either.
Barkley: Oh, yes there is. If you live there.
Johnson: You ever been to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? It’s beautiful.
Barkley: They got a Hip Hop Hall of Fame?
Webber: The water is so blue right there by the arena.
Barkley: There’s nothing happening in Cleveland, trust me, other than the Indians.
Johnson: They are the number one seed right now.
Barkley: They’ve got LeBron James who is spectacular. There is no reason to live in Cleveland, that’s why the call it the mistake by the lake. They didn’t come up with that for no reason Ernie.