1. If there was one sports media personality who could "go there" with the Jussie Smollett story, it was Charles Barkley. And he went there in a big way last night during halftime of the Lakers-Rockets game.
While the saga had many twists and turns, Barkley focused on one thing: Smollett allegedly paying off people with a check. Of course, as soon as he started opining on the Smollett news, poor Ernie Johnson did his best to ignore it and move on, but Barkley would not be stopped as Shaq egged him on with laughter. "America, let me just tell you something," Barkley said while barely containing himself.