

Whenever Rasheed didn't agree with a call, which he used to do it with every foul he committed, and at the very next time when the opponent player missed the first free throw, he always used to say that "ball don't lie" with a loud voice. During the eastern conference finals in 2004, he guaranteed a victory against the Indiana Pacers, and since then, he is known as the "Guaran-sheed." Shaheed will always be remembered for his "Ball don't lie," and this is one of the best trash talk lines of all time. He started tormenting the officials when he started to play in the league in 1995 he continued to do it until his retirement.Īs a teammate, Rasheed was so faithful, and most of the best moments in his second-half career came while supported his teammates. Although Barkley is a former basketball player, you should still count him, and even if you don't count him, he still deserves his placement.ĭo you have any doubt that Rasheed is on the list? If you poll the referees from the past 15 years or so, then Shaheed would have made it top five without any doubt. If you pull up any "Inside the NBA" show from the past 6 or 7 years, then I can assure you that Barkley would have at least one quotable.

In Alabama, you had to do such kind of thing to survive and keep your respect, but you should never cross the limit. Barkley said that time "Jerry Krause must have pictures of his boss' wife having sex with a monkey." For Barkley, that was not a wild competitive nature, and he grew up talking trash on the court. During those times, Chicago was not historically proper and they enthralled by Krause's capability to keep onto his job as a general manager. Once Barkley went after Jerry Krause, Chicago executive, who held on with the bulls when Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson have left. He would talk to his fans in the crowd, referees, career journeyman, Michael Jordan, and even in his post-retirement career as a personal soapbox he was also taking shots at presidential contenders. And when it came to handing out verbal ass shouting, he didn't discriminate. Throughout the career of Barkley, who has been famous for some crazy quotes, burning teammates and opponents alike. Even if he does look like he hasn't eaten in a couple of weeks". I don’t know if that’s ‘it’ or whatever, but I love ‘it.’ So I’ll just say that.When the Olympic team was playing against Angola, Barkley said to the opponent, "Somebody hits me I'm going to hit them back. He just talks because he wants to destroy you. “He gets a lot of flak sometimes for the trash talk stuff, but I don’t think he does it for any other reason that when the game starts, he’s mean.

“I just like his makeup,” Rivers told The Republic's Duane Rankin. Last season, Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers discussed Booker's trash talking, which had become a hot topic after Booker and Warriors guard Klay Thompson exchanged words to the point Thompson received his first career ejection in 651 games. More: Devin Booker 'mesmerizing' in Phoenix Suns' NBA Playoffs win over Los Angeles Clippers Patrick Beverley of the Chicago Bulls was second at 25.2% and Dillon Brooks of the Memphis Grizzlies was third at 14.1%. To no one's surprise, the Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green was first in the voting with 26.3% of the vote. Yes, Booker is one of the biggest trash talkers in the league, according to his peers, who gave the guard 7.1% of the vote.

Devin Booker let his play speak for itself during the Phoenix Suns' 123-109 win over the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs on Tuesday night in Phoenix, impressing with 38 points on 14-for-22 shooting.īut the Suns star can also let his mouth do the talking when needed.Ī survey of 108 NBA players released by The Athletic before Phoenix's Game 2 win Tuesday ranked Booker fourth among NBA players for trash talking.
