Charles Barkley didn’t hesitate to start a serious conversation with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver during an NBA opening night interview on TNT.
As Silver’s broadcast with the “Inside the NBA” crew drew to a close, Barkley brought up the topic of domestic violence involving NBA players.
Charles Barkley Wants to Know What the League Is Doing About Domestic Violence Incidents
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After discussing the Denver Nuggets’ first championship, the offseason, load management, Ja Morant’s status and other Silver-related topics, Barkley said he had “serious questions” before going to commercial break.
“There are some disturbing incidents of domestic violence in the NBA right now. What do we do to overcome it? You can’t put your hands on women, men, and we have to be on the front lines in sports when men hit women,” Barkley said. “So what are we as a league going to do about it?”
The last-minute question seemed to make Perak a little flustered, but he went straight in to address the issue of domestic violence.
“That’s an area where we don’t want to compete with other leagues when you say up front. I think all leagues are trying to address this issue. But I know, again, our players’ association, credit to them, this is not an opponent,” explained Silver.
“We’re setting up a new program for how we deal, first of all, with domestic violence allegations even before they’re charged. Some of it goes into training our players, counseling our players to make sure they understand during high pressure situations, obviously never using violence against anybody and so we deal with that. We have state-of-the-art counseling professionals dealing with our players, but of course, if a guy crosses the line, the consequences are huge.”
Barkley’s question to Silver about domestic violence comes amid several high-profile cases involving NBA players, including Kevin Porter Jr. and Miles Bridges.
Load Management Is Another Hot Topic For Charles Barkley
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When the topic of load management was brought up, Silver explained that it’s not “about players not wanting to play” and “is a concept that comes from our team, the belief that by resting players strategically, they will perform better later in the season.”
After “a bunch of seasonal data,” Silver said it wasn’t proven in any way that it worked and injury rates didn’t drop at all because of load management. That’s when Barkley entered the chat.
“I talk to the players, man, forget the ownership, forget the fans, as a player, if you’re going to make $50, $60 million dollars to play basketball three or four days a week, play basketball, man,” Barkley said. “If you’re injured, don’t play. But everyone is sick after the first two weeks of the season. You have leg pain, you have knee pain. If you’re injured, I don’t want you to play.”
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He went on to explain that players have “the best shoes” and “the best medical staff,” so Barkley wants them to “shut up and play” if they can play.
Load management was not a big deal when Barkley was playing and has come under the scrutiny of fans and former NBA players in recent years.
Players are now required to play at least 65 games to be eligible for individual awards, and with many star players having clauses in their contracts about awards, workload management has given them no choice but to play more games.
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