Barkley slaps the Heat

DALLAS -- In case you missed it during TNT's telecast of the Lakers' loss to Miami on Thursday, here's Charles Barkley's message to the struggling Heat:

"Listen, I like Dwyane (Wade) a lot and I like LeBron (James) a lot. They are really starting to get on my last damn nerve. I've heard Dwyane say it twice and I've heard LeBron say it twice, that America is happy now that the Miami Heat are losing. Dwyane, let me break it to you, you know I love you, but nobody cares about the Miami Heat. The only people who hate the Miami Heat are the Cleveland fans. No one else cares about you. We just want you to play better, stop whining, stop sitting at every press conference like someone killed the family pet. It's annoying. You guys came out there jumping on stage like idiots, said, 'We are going to win five championships.' You brought all this stuff on yourself. So don't get on TV and act like the world owes you anything. You guys had your parade, you guys said that. Nobody said, 'Come on stage and dance around.' Nobody said, 'You're going to win five championships.' You guys did. So quit whining and bitching like a little girl."