The difference is that Barkley was such an explosive athlete and leaper, and a great individual scorer. These are two areas that Love, so far at least, hasn’t shown Barkley-like ability. But Barkley is the best example of an undersized power forward who, despite being arguably way too small for his position, was absolutely dominant anyway.

He could nab a rebound and dribble it end to end for a thunderous dunk.

Barkley’s great in all his movies. Forget Paris, Space Jam, the Clerks cartoon show, he was the best part of all of those. Will K-Love be as funny in his future acting jobs?

of Barkley a lot. Last season when Griffin was a little thicker I was wowed seeing his first few games jumping like he did. He’s thinned out around the center in the last year+ though.