Former NBA star and the NBA on TNT’s Charles Barkley is known for being brutally blunt and honest in his opinions of the NBA and its teams.
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On Thursday night’s broadcast, after the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Boston Celtics to advance to the second round where they’ll face the Cleveland Cavaliers, Barkley came out and made a pretty bold statement about the East.
Charles Barkley predicts that the Cavs sweep the entire Eastern Conference! #CavsNation #ALLin216 pic.twitter.com/f2D9hyas7g
— Cavs Nation TV (@CavsNationTV) April 29, 2016
After what he’s seen in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, Barkley is already predicting that the Cavs will sweep the Hawks, and will also sweep the Raptors, Hornets, Pacers, or Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. That will be an incredibly tough thing to do considering how good all of those teams are, with Miami expected to give Cleveland the biggest challenge for the East crown.
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The Cavs went 12-2 last postseason through the Eastern Conference, sweeping the Celtics in the first round, beating the Bulls in 6 in the second, and then sweeping the Hawks on the way to the Finals.
