Say this about Charles Barkley: when he makes a prediction, he makes sure his foot is in easy access of his mouth.
Which is to say that even when his prognosticative abilities let him down — and remember he once said the Warriors played “little girly basketball” — he never runs from them.
Exhibit A: last spring, Barkley pronounced that the Clippers would reach the conference finals. And they might have, had not the Warriors taken them down in six games.
Exhibit B: Barkley, in the wake of Kevin Durant’s calf strain heard ’round the betting parlors, said the Warriors were doomed in their playoff series against Houston.