Charles Barkley gets paid handsomely to give his unfiltered opinions, and he did just that about Kobe Bryant recently:
“I hope he retires, because I don’t want to see — I probably played two years too long. I hate to see Patrick Ewing, great as he was, struggle — I don’t like seeing great players just out there, you know? Michael Jordan playing for the Wizards, that didn’t do anything for me. Kobe’s obviously not going to walk away from $30 million. This should be like a farewell tour, play 20, 25 minutes a night. The Lakers aren’t going to make the playoffs. Could he play some more? Yeah, of course. His best days are behind him. I hear these fools on TV, talking about, ‘Kobe’s going to get healthy.’ Old people don’t get healthy; they die. Old people don’t get healthy. Father Time is undefeated.”
Kobe took to Twitter to respond, and while he didn’t mention any names we pretty much know who he was talking about.
My reaction to critics is the same as my reaction in the vid #excuseme https://t.co/Y7w4TnAow0
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) August 17, 2015
First off, very savvy response from Kobe. That’s how you fire back on Twitter.
Second, nothing scares Kobe. Ever.
