[MyKickerHurts]

I flipped to the local news right before the Lakers put on a clinic than went to the clinic Friday night in Utah.
I caught a story on Sir Charles owing the Wynn casino in vegas 400 grand.
Reports showed that Charles had taken out 4 seperate 100 grand markers for a total of 400 large, and supposedly he forgot about them. "My mistake," Barkley said in an interview at a pro-am golf tournament in Hoover, Ala. "I'm not broke, and I'm going to take care of it."
"I've been gambling 20 years. I've never had this happen before," the 45-year-old Barkley told WJOX. "It's my fault I let the time lapse. I screwed up."
"All they had to do is call and say, 'Hey, you owe us this money,'" he said.
The casino alleged in a civil complaint filed Wednesday in a Nevada state court and first reported by the Las Vegas Sun that Barkley failed to repay four $100,000 casino markers, or loans, received last Oct. 18 and 19.
"To date, and despite repeated demands, Barkley has refused to repay the $400,000," the complaint said.
"Do I have a gambling problem? Yeah, I do have a gambling problem," Barkley said. "But I don't consider it a problem because I can afford to gamble."
He said he never bet on basketball and only bet in casinos. He called it a bad habit but said he intended to continue.
Barkley said on ESPN that he has lost "probably $10 million" gambling, adding, "It is a problem for me."

Final thoughts on Barkley he was a great player but he's a bad liar, how can you sit there and say you don't gamble on basketball but you have a gambling problem. That's like saying i'm an alcholic but I don't drink. I've seen many a time after the games on TNT his face as if he's been kicked in the balls, why? Maybe it's cause he's lost a crap load on the game. And he's made comments as to the scores in the game as well.
This is the reason why he will never be anything more than an anylist for tv and not a GM or coach because of this baggage.
http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2006...arkley_275.jpg

[SBR Lou]

True, what sucks is he would be a phenomenal head coach. If you just listen to him break down a game at a half or post game, he really knows what he's talking about, nothing fluff or filler like many TV analysts. He knows basketball inside and out, plus he can verbalize it which a lot of ex-players can't.