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Barkley: "I think they played a perfect first half, moving the ball and being aggressive and then in the second half they went back to the 4-4 iso game." TNT studio analyst Charles Barkley said the Oklahoma City Thunder got out of its effective offense in the second half, contributing to the 103-97 overtime loss in Game 4 Monday night.

Charles Barkley knows a thing or two about the NBA. He was a player for more than 15 years so surely he would know something about gay players in the league, right? In a radio interview on the Dan Patrick show, the subject of Jason Collins, who recently came out as the first openly gay NBA player , and gay players in the NBA became a topic.

Barkley spoke out about gay players in the NBA during an interview with Dan Patrick.

But if you think he's the first gay NBA player - or the first gay player that most NBA players have had on their team at some level - you are naive.

Catching a flight out of Tulsa International Airport is one of the most expensive trips in the nation, at least on a mile-per-mile basis.

Catching a flight out of Tulsa International Airport is one of the most expensive trips in the nation, at least on a mile-per-mile basis.

Catching a flight out of Tulsa International Airport is one of the most expensive trips in the nation, at least on a mile-per-mile basis.

The power forward wasn't just on the right teams at the the right times -- his performances were key to each championship.

Johnny Newman had a solid college and NBA career and scored plenty of points. The former NBA star still enjoys sports, but what he loves to do as much as anything is to give back to others.

Shaquille O'Neal, who knows something about being hacked, said Asik was beginning to feel comfortable on the free-throw line.

Woe unto you who haven't joined the rhapsodic hymns to Jason Collins' heroism and genuflected before the altar of diversity.

The loneliest people on the planet are those who are alone, without friends and family.

The announcement by Jason Collins in the Sports Illustrated issue that will be published in the May 6, 2013 that he is gay is another break in barriers that have stood for a long time against gays in professional sports.

TNT analyst Chris Webber credited Houston for taking Oklahoma City star Kevin Durant out of the play on the Thunder's last possession in its 105-103 loss in Game 4. On the TNT postgame show, analyst Charles Barkley said he didn't like the play.

That's the reaction Jason Collins got. His noble and thoughtful piece in Sports Illustrated resonated through the country Monday.

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When I heard Jason Collins had come out as gay, becoming the first active NBA player to do so, the first thing I tried to do was remember a game where I'd seen him play, as if a mental instant replay could crystalize exactly how important this announcement was going to be for the league.

The Phoenix Suns recently fired GM Lance Blanks last Monday , and now, the NBA team is in the market for new administrative leadership.

Perhaps some had forgotten the painful feeling associated with losing a nail-biter that was within reach during the postseason.

That's apparently because of the damage Rockets guard Patrick Beverley did to the Oklahoma City Thunder's lifeline star on the infamous timeout knee bump the other night.