Wait, you mean there's a percentage in this year's NBA Playoffs that's lower than Ben Simmons' accuracy from the foul line, or Giannis Antetokounmpo's success from beyond the arc? Considering those numbers are 32.8 and 17.1, respectively, whatever percentage we're discussing has got to be pretty low.
How does 8.3 percent sound? That's how Charles Barkley is doing in his last dozen playoff "guarantees," which evidently are not, in fact, guarantees. That's because a guarantee is defined a "promise or assurance" that something will happen. And... well, that hasn't been the case.
Yep, you had a better chance of betting on 35-year-old Barkley making a three-pointer in the 1998-99 season than you do betting on whatever Chuck's guarantee is, at least in recent weeks. Sure, he may have a better percentage overall, but the most recent 12 have been a real rough stretch. Can you really blame him for betting on the 76ers to win Game 5 against the Hawks, however?
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But despite all of this, I by no means want Chuck's guarantees to stop. They are one of the purest forms of TV entertainment today, and the beautiful production team of "Inside the NBA" keeps raising the ridiculousness levels every time the Round Mound of Rebound slams down on that button.
Here's my advice: enjoy the "guarantees" to the fullest, watch the chaos unfold, and don't bet on what Chuck advises. As fellow former NBA player and current analyst Greg Anthony noted, sportsbooks are probably rushing to the Barkley residence to make some guaranteed money off of them — and that's an actual guarantee.
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