Barkley is complimenting the Celtics? Given how wrong he often is, I'm not sure this is a good thing.
This is the same dumbass who complained about IT crying over his sister's death, said the Cs were a "middle of the road" team when they won 48 games and were only one of 10 teams in NBA history to win 45 games and have a top 5 pick in the draft. And oh, those guys generally turned out really well.
PLAYER TEAM WINS YEAR PICK
Greg Ballard Washington 48 1977 4
Mychal Thompson Portland 58 1978 1
Magic Johnson LA Lakers 47 1979 1
Kevin McHale Boston 61 1980 3
James Worthy LA Lakers 57 1982 1
Charles Barkley Philadelphia 52 1984 5
Sam Bowie Portland 48 1984 2
Len Bias Boston 67 1986 2
Darko Milicic Detroit 50 2003 2
Jaylen Brown Boston 48 2016 3
Out of 9 players (can't include Jaylen yet), that's 4 true-blue HOFers. Ballard and Thompson were above average. Bias died before playing a game. The only true busts were Bowie (drugs) and Milicic (dumb choice). Those are pretty decent odds. But according to Chuckie, we were a middle of the road team.
Charles Barkley = Overblown Blowhard