Charles Barkley Thinks Only Natural Disasters And ‘Chernobyl’ Could Keep The Warriors From A Three-Peat

It’s going to be very hard to beat the Golden State Warriors this season. They already are the two-time defending NBA champions, and because that wasn’t enough, they decided to go out and add DeMarcus Cousins (who is still on the sidelines for now) to their roster that already includes four of the 20 or so best players on earth.

Talent generally wins in basketball, and this season, no team has more talent than Golden State. Charles Barkley is aware of this, and prior to the Warriors’ ring ceremony on Tuesday night, the TNT analyst made it clear that he thinks the team is in line to end this season with their third championship in a row and fourth in five years.

Ernie Johnson asked Barkley what would keep Golden State from winning another title, and while Shaquille O’Neal tried to seriously say injuries, Barkley had other ideas.

“Hurricanes, tornadoes, snow storms, man made … something man made, Chernobyl,” Barkley said.

Before Barkley could get off of this point and move to some more serious analysis, Shaq made it a point to remind him that he forgot to add typhoons to this list of things. While Barkley might have been joking — it’s a toss-up as to whether that’s the case — his underlying point about how difficult the Warriors will be to knock off remains. Just asked the Russell Westbrook-less Oklahoma City Thunder, who fell to Golden State on Tuesday night, 108-100.