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"We sit around watching these games sometimes and go, 'These dudes go down like somebody shot them,'" Barkley says. Which reminds Van Gundy of another idea. "Sometimes in these games, you do get a meeting of the offensive flopper and the defensive flopper, and it becomes who can flop the best," Van Gundy says. "It's so bad, I think they should go head to head by themselves and there should be a halftime feature: Battle of the Floppers." What? First guy to three floor burns wins? "You know, they're lucky I'm not a referee," Van Gundy continued, "because if I were a referee and somebody intentionally got away with making me look stupid by flopping, why, I'd …" I know … "… hammer them," Van Gundy said. ESPN.com

Charles Barkley, Referees 

Barkley on LeBron, "I do think he can be better than Michael. I thought I would never compare... "somebody to Michael Jordan. But this guy, LeBron James, he does everything well. Michael did everything well. LeBron James is just bigger, stronger, faster. That’s the only difference." Sulia

Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley 

Charles Barkley said Tom Thibodeau "will have a job within a week" if the Bulls can't work out a contract extension with the coach who has led Chicago to two straight seasons with the NBA's best record. "I don't understand why they are not paying Thibs," Barkley said Thursday on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "He's a terrific coach. Seems like a great guy. I've only bumped into him a couple times. I don't know him, but he seems like a great guy and is a hell of a coach. Let me tell you this, he'll have a job within a week if they don't take care of him. He's done a fantastic job. ESPN.com

Chicago Bulls, Tom Thibodeau, Coaching, Charles Barkley 

Marc Stein: Charles Barkley tells @matt_winer that idea of night on the town w/Don Nelson scares him: "I'm afraid to hang out w/Nellie. He enjoys life" Twitter

Golden State Warriors, Charles Barkley, Don Nelson, Hall of Fame 

NBA legend and TNT commentator Charles Barkley took the karaoke stage this week in North Carolina, where he was helping raise money for the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, according to the Triangle Business Journal. While Barkley is a man of many talents -- including scoring against larger defenders and talking his way into and out of trouble -- singing isn't exactly his forte. As the video above shows, the Round Mound of Rebound was just butchering Boyz II Men's love ballad, "End of the Road." "We belong together, and you know that I am right," Barkley croons. "Why do you play with my heart? Why do you play with my mind?" CBSSports.com

Media, Charles Barkley 

Charles Barkley said Thursday that he likes Clyde Drexler and considered him a great player, but Barkley also felt that Drexler had a jealousy problem on the 1992 "Dream Team." "I think Clyde has always been jealous of Michael (Jordan), to be honest with you," Barkley said on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "I think he's always wanted to be compared to Michael. ESPN.com

Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler 

Charles Barkley: "Hey, we all want to be compared to Michael, but we're not. Clyde was a great player, but there was always that jealousy of Michael. That was one of the incidents and things about the Dream Team, Clyde was trying to play like it was Game 7 against Michael, and that's probably not a good idea. When Michael is driving his kids to school, he thinks it's Game 7." ESPN.com

Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler 

Charles Barkley said Thursday that he likes Clyde Drexler and considered him a great player, but Barkley also felt that Drexler had a jealousy problem on the 1992 "Dream Team." "I think Clyde has always been jealous of Michael (Jordan), to be honest with you," Barkley said on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "I think he's always wanted to be compared to Michael. "Hey, we all want to be compared to Michael, but we're not. Clyde was a great player, but there was always that jealousy of Michael. That was one of the incidents and things about the Dream Team, Clyde was trying to play like it was Game 7 against Michael, and that's probably not a good idea. When Michael is driving his kids to school, he thinks it's Game 7." ESPN.com

Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Team USA, Clyde Drexler, Olympics 

"Look, I'm in the top 20 of players who ever lived," says Charles. "When I first started out, they said, 'He'll never make it. Too short.' That never even concerned me. Because you know what? I could get all my stuff on my own. SI.com

Charles Barkley 

Charles Barkley: "You take Karl. Karl needed John Stockton. That's not a knock on Karl; it's just a fact. I could get mine any time I wanted to. So I'll say it on the record: I was better than Karl. Nothing against Karl. He was great. But I was better. The only thing he did better than me was score, and that came down to John Stockton." SI.com

Charles Barkley, John Stockton 

"Chuck Daly [the Dream Team coach] paid me the greatest compliment I ever got in my life," says Charles. He told me, 'It's an honor and a pleasure to coach you. I got to play against you, but to watch you play every day, you're the second-best player here [behind Jordan] and every time we have an important game we start you." SI.com

Charles Barkley, Chuck Daly 

Barkley: off-season moves made Sixers better CSNPhilly.com

Philadelphia 76ers, Charles Barkley 

On Thursday, Charles Barkley went on Philadelphia radio station 97.5 and said, "I love Dwight Howard as a person and as a player, but he's getting on my last damn nerve." Howard's indecision has become as unpalatable as LeBron James' decision. "The last 24 hours it's been all Dwight Howard, nonstop," Barkley said. "It's not fun; nobody wants to hear it. It's not good for the game, not good for the fans. I'm really sick of it." Los Angeles Times

Dwight Howard, Charles Barkley 

Dwain Price: "I'm not going to run for office right now.'' -- Charles Barkley, who once wanted to dabble in politics in his home state of Alabama Twitter

Charles Barkley 

Sick and tired of Dwight Howard's flip-flops and trade demands? So is Charles Barkley. "Dwight needs to make a decision because I’m seek of hearing about it every year where he’s going to go and I told him he needs to grow up and make a decision," Barkley said Saturday prior to playing in Dirk Nowitzki's Heroes Celebrity baseball game in Frisco, Texas. "I don’t want to hear this stuff ever year coming up on the trade deadline. Make a decision and live with it." ESPN.com

Orlando Magic, Trade, Media, Dwight Howard, Charles Barkley 

Dirk Nowitzki: Happy to announce that Sir Charles is comin to play in my baseball game this Saturday. Awesome.Hopefully he swings bat better than golf club Twitter

Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki, Charles Barkley 

Chris Palmer: Barkley on LeBron: "I usually don't put anyone in MJ's category but if he wins 3 or 4 rings it's going to be close." Twitter

Miami Heat, LeBron James, Charles Barkley 

Charles Barkley: "I wish he (LeBron James) had stayed in Cleveland, because those fans in Cleveland, man, they’re fantastic. They don’t even have real fans here in Miami, they’re front-runners. “ Sports Radio Interviews

Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Charles Barkley 

"People forget I played on the second Dream Team, too, and the second Dream Team really sucked. We had so much junk going on, guys complaining about playing time, who was starting on the second Dream Team and I can honestly tell you this: On that first Dream Team, we never had any of that. I'm playing with the greatest team ever assembled. Everybody got along well." CSN Chicago

Charles Barkley 

Added Barkley: "I didn't care who was on the team...I know that Michael and Scottie didn't want him on the team, but I like Isiah Thomas. I've never had a problem with him. CSN Chicago

Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Isiah Thomas, Charles Barkley