Ahead of a potential elimination game for the Warriors on Wednesday night, TNT analyst Kenny Smith offered a truly bizarre take on Steph Curry's status as the Warriors star tries to race back to action from his left hamstring strain.

“There’s nobody, legal or illegal, who has given more money to Auburn than me,” Barkley told the gathered media. “Let’s get that out of the way, but the notion I’m gonna give them millions of dollars a year, so Auburn can be good at football and basketball is not gonna happen. ...