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Charles Barkley hilariously goes 0-for-6 on latest ‘Who he play for?’ player quiz

Goodness, Charles.

Look, knowing where every single player in the NBA plays can be a daunting task. There are more than 400 players in the league and there was a whirlwind of transactions throughout this shortened offseason.

Keeping up with all of that is tough, but it’s definitely possible. And it’s sort of expected when you’re an analyst who is paid millions of dollars to talk about the NBA.

Unless, you’re Charles Barkley, apparently. He has been historically bad at NBA on TNT’s “Who he play for?” quiz where they ask Barkley who obscure NBA players play for. He once failed two weeks in a row. This is par for the course for him.

That trend didn’t change on Tuesday night’s show. He was asked where Solomon Hill, Ed Davis, James Johnson, Alfonzo McKinnie and Garrett Temple were playing. He had absolutely no idea.

It was hilarious and cringeworthy all at once.

Those aren’t even the most obscure NBA players out there. They’ve all played significant minutes somewhere along the line and might end up contributing this season. Somehow, Barkley has no idea where they play.

He was so bad he was left speechless.

Yikes.

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Around 100 NBA employees went on strike to show solidarity with the NBA’s players

Wow.

The Milwaukee Bucks kicked off a movement on Monday by deciding not to play Game 5 against the Orlando Magic.

Not only did their fellow athletes in the NBA follow suit, but so did players and teams across other leagues. Players from the WNBA, MLB and MLS all decided not to play in games to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake and demand more be done to bring justice and equality to Black people in America.

But it wasn’t just athletes who felt compelled to jump in on the action. Apparently, the NBA’s employees did, too.

As a stand in solidarity with the NBA’s and WNBA’s players, nearly 100 NBA employees went on strike on Friday at the league’s office, ESPN’s Malika Andrews reports.

Instead, they’re calling their local officials to demand justice.

They also wrote a letter to Adam Silver and the NBA as part of their strike, Andrews reports. It acknowledged the work the NBA has already done, but made clear that they believe the league can have a bigger impact.

“We acknowledge and credit all the work the NBA has already done. But we have the power to have a greater impact. The NBA has not done enough proactively, and rather has relied too heavily on our players… We understand that we are a business, but fears of losing revenue and advertisers should not numb us to the cries of Black men, women and children that continue to be oppressed in the same communities in which we play.”

The message has been received loud and clear from the NBA’s labor force. The NBA has done a lot of good, but the players and even the league’s staff don’t believe it’s done enough.

They believe the NBA and its owners can do more and, it seems, they’re willing to withhold their labor to push them into action. The ball is in the league’s court now.

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