Barkley Routs Bavetta

Posted by kevin on February 18, 2007

Everyone heard about Charles Barkley calling out Dick Bavetta on national TV about his speed up and down the court. Well Barkley went out last night during All-Star Weekend and backed up his words. Bavetta, the 67 year old referee never really stood a chance against the round mound of rebound.

The race was three and a half lengths of the court and Barkley would have won by a large margin, had he not run the last half of the court backwards. Bavetta must be credited for his effort, diving at the very end looking for that win. His full extension was to no avail however, as Barkley took the victory, and managed to maintain his pride, at least whatever is left of it.

Anyway, here is the video complete with the incredibly awkward kiss between Barkley and Bavetta after the race is over.

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    April 16, 2007 @ 8:02 am

    [...] NFL refs, most notable the Greek God Ed Hochuli. But NBA refs? I can only think of Dick Bavetta for all the wrong reasons. Maybe Crawford is just trying to get noticed. As annoying as the Spurs can be, it’s the [...]

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