Is this not classic Cleveland sportsism – focusing on the one guy who picked against the Cavs and ignoring the two who picked them?

At any rate, here's what the Cavs said.

"I think," said Zydrunas Ilgauskas, "the best answer to that is us winning.

"Everyone's entitled to opinions," Joe Smith said. "We got to go out and play the games. It's nothing personal. I understand they have to make a choice."

I like Barkley because he's himself. He clearly has some personal issues in his life, but when he's on TV he calls it like he sees it. Who cares, really, that he picked against the Cavs? He has a right to his opinion, and he's supposed to have that opinion. And two other guys on the same show had differing opinions.

LeBron James does not seem to like Barkley a lot. His response on whether he had a comment on Barkley's predictions: "No."