Via Eye On Basketball, what was a commercial break on TNT was
shown live on's stream. With a secretly hot mic and a live
camera, Charles Barkley shed some light on his contract with
Weight Watchers:  "I've been on weight watchers three months. I
have to lose two pounds a week. I'm at 38 pounds now. They come
and weigh me every two weeks. I ain't never missed a weigh-in.
Never going to...I'm feeling much better. But I ain't giving
away no money. I'm not giving away no free money. I thought this
was the greatest scam going—getting paid for watching
sports—this Weight Watchers thing is a bigger scam."  To be
clear, Charles isn't saying the Weight Watchers program is a
scam. Only his endorsement deal, which requires him to
continually lose weight to get paid a bonus.  Kevin Harlan
informs us that this game is terrible (it would eventually go to
three overtimes). We also learn from Barkley and Reggie Miller
that Atlanta is just a bunch of nice guys, but Dwight Howard
doesn't want to play there.