Old School Pic of the Week 10.6

The lockout is over and free agency is upon us! You know what that means; it's time to for the recently locked out NBA players to put down the TV remote/video game controller/large pizza (looking at you Eddy Curry) and get in shape for training camp. 

But players aren't the only ones getting back to action. Sir Charles and the rest of the league's broadcasters are going to have to be looking fit and trim for debut this season. Let's not forget, the camera adds 10 pounds.

Old School Pic of the Week 9.27

This week has very important historical significance in the world of basketball. 20 years ago, USA Basketball selected its national team to compete in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. In case you were unaware, that 1992 Olympic team (better known as the Dream Team) would go on to win its eight Olympic contests by an average margin of nearly 44 points en route to a gold medal.

So of course this week's installment of the Old School Pic should be Charles Barkley dunking on a member of the Angolan national team or something of that nature?

Pshhhh. NOPE!

This post is dedicated to the 1992 Dream Team's most notable snub, one Isiah Lord Thomas III. Here he is wearing a fur coat on the banks of Lake Michigan, probably thinking about what the weather is like in Barcelona.

Court adjourned.

Old School Pic of the Week 7/11

The rumor around town is that Shaquille O'Neal will be joining Charles Barkley and the gang as the newest member of TNT's broadcast team. Though I had originally begged for ESPN to hire Shaq as Van Gundy's new counterpart for ESPN games, I certainly am not disappointed with the way things turned out. The combo of Sir Charles and The Big (almost any noun in the English dictionary is applicable) immediately has the potential to be considered one of the all-time great dynamic duos right along with Jordan & Pippen, Batman & Robin, and Peanut Butter & Jelly...

though I am uncertain where Shaq and Cindy Crawford rank on the long list of history's great tandems.