NBA legend and TBS commentator Charles Barkley is known to have a tough time pronouncing words from time to time. He took it to a new level before Saturday’s Final Four game between Duke and Michigan State.
Barkley was pointing out that the Spartans need to match the energy of Duke freshman Justice Winslow, but he didn’t mispronounce Winslow’s name – he completely flubbed it and called him “Winstons Justice.”
Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson were understandably perplexed.
Barkley also had a slip up earlier in the tournament as well when he said Cliff Alexander was “playing pretty good” for Kansas when Alexander hadn’t played for the Jayhawks in a month.
To be fair, Barkley is always solid with his NBA coverage on TBS but he tends to be less-prepared when he’s covering the college game.
Oh, and for what it’s worth: there’s an NFL offensive tackle named Winston Justice who most recently played for the Denver Broncos.
Maybe Barkley is just a fan of obscure offensive tackles.
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