NBA legend Charles Barkley is infamous for speaking his mind, even though it has landed him in hot waters at times. The Philadelphia 76ers legend understands his responsibility as a sportscaster and does not show any favorites. That was exactly the case when he called out an FS1 sports analyst for his blatant favoritism and biased takes quite recently. Days after Barkley’s remarks, the popular analyst is facing the music once again, as fans unite against his scathing take on Russell Westbrook.

Similar to Barkley, Skip Bayless is also someone who does not shy away from criticizing superstars. However, he has been accused multiple times of having favorites and always defending them, while relaying harsh comments to others, like LeBron James and Russell Westbrook.

Charles Barkley does not like Skip Bayless

Charles Barkley made an appearance on the All The Smoke podcast with former NBA stars Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson quite recently. During the show, he opened up about a lot of things, including his take on Skip Bayless. Barkley straightaway admitted that he does not like Bayless and stated that the $17-million-worth host criticizes people personally. The 1993 NBA MVP claimed that he can tell who Bayless dislikes from his comments.

He said, “And I don?t mind you criticizing guys, it can never be personal. And one thing I hate about the media: You can tell guys they like and dislike. You can?t talk about people on television like that. You have to be fair and honest with people. And don’t I think he is, you can tell who he likes. You can tell who he dislikes cause he makes it personal. “

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Days after Barkley’s take, the Dreamerspro YouTube channel compared it with Bayless’ recent comments about Russell Westbrook. After analyzing the criticism of Westbrook, the host stated that he agrees with The Hall of Famer’s claims that Bayless makes it personal.

Fans slam Skip Bayless for his Russell Westbrook take

Skip Bayless recently talked about Russell Westbrook on Undisputed after the Los Angeles Clippers’ win against the Portland Trail Blazers. Bayless talked about the former MVP’s unsuccessful stint with the Los Angeles Lakers. He then criticized him for being poor from the field, scoring just 9 points, and having 4 turnovers. The veteran analyst claimed that the Clippers’ roster is a disastrous combination, calling Westbrook a “turnover machine”.

Addressing accusations that criticizing Westbrook is ‘low hanging fruit’, Bayless said that it’s not ‘low hanging fruit’, it’s “rotten fruit”.

The host first played Bayless’ comments about Westbrook and then noted that Bayless only speaks about the point guard when he has a bad game. He added that Bayless stays quiet whenever the two-time All-Star MVP has a good game because it “does not fit his narrative”. The fans were in agreement and shared their takes. Here are some reactions:

“So he waits for Westbrook to fail that’s evil.“

“They need to stop letting skip pick the topics on undisputed”

“Russell Westbrook is now the new LeBron James to Skip Bayless. This is going to backfire on Skip.”

“Said this once, I’ll say it again: I’m ashamed to admit that I used to like Skip – I didn’t always like his constant criticisms on LBJ, but this attack on Westbrook is disgustingly over the line.”

“Skip is targeting russ .. russ is playing good for the clippers”

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Most fans agreed with the host and slammed Bayless for his comments on Westbrook.