Clark Kellogg, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley offer opinions on Brandon Miller's availability
Clark Kellogg, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley weighed in on the biggest off-the-court story of the NCAA Tournament: Brandon Miller’s availability.
Miller’s name surfaced last month in court testimony involving the capital murder case of former Alabama player Darius Miles and another man, who are charged in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Jamea Harris on Jan. 15.
On truTV, the analysts each spoke about Harris and her family and the tragic nature of the events. Kellogg called it “foolishness around guns and disagreement.”
A police officer testified in court that Miles texted Miller for him to bring Miles’ gun in the early morning hours of the shooting. Fellow freshman starter Jaden Bradley was also at the scene. Neither Miller nor Bradley has been accused of any crime, and the university has described Miller as a cooperating witness, not a suspect.
“As it relates to Brandon Miller, the legalities allow him to be on the court because he was not charged with anything,” Kellogg said. “I do think there was a time and an opportunity for him to perhaps have a pause from a game or 2. But at this point, with the passing of time, and nothing that he’s legally charged with, then he’s entitled to be able to continue to play, as difficult that may appear optically. I think it’s still the right landing place. Now initially, a pause in his playing would have been warranted in my opinion.”
Smith’s opinion is that there’s 7 seconds to make a decision.
“You get that call, ‘Should I get in that car?,’ Smith said. “You’ve got 7 seconds to say I’m not going to do it. Or I’m going to be part of it. I think as young men in college, that’s going into adulthood, take your 7 seconds because the wrong decision could be someone’s life.”
Barkley agreed with Kellogg that Miller should have been suspended for a couple of games, just to give him a timeout, “I’ve got to make better decisions. Sometimes going into the next game, you don’t have time to think about your mistakes.”
Barkley repeated something he’s said for a while, that Alabama is the best team, and Miller is the best player he’s seen this season.
“The pressure is only going to ramp up now,” he said.
Sure, Brandon Killer didn’t get charged. What do you expect from the Alabama legal system that is filled with Criminal Tide fans and alums? Anyone else would be in jail. Bama fans are delusional and hypocritical.
You are obsessed with this. It is actually a little scary how obsessed you are with Brandon Miller. I would suggest getting a life, one that does not involve the life of a 19 year old man.
And you continue to ignore the facts and evidence presented to you so you can push your conspiracy narrative.
Miller was the young man who made the decision NOT to go clubbing that night.
Miller was the young man who, upon learning that the police were interested in talking to him, drove himself to the police station.
Miller is the young man who has been described by the DA’s office as “having broken no laws” and a cooperating witness”.
Miller was the young man (at least as far as has been reported so far) never saw or touched the handgun used in the crime.
Miller is the young man who didn’t resist when asked for his phone but voluntarily handed it over to have information extracted from it.
Miller is the young man who did not get into any arguments that with other young people.
I wish our politicians would be as forthcoming about their activities as this young man has been.
He is the one that brought a gun so someone could be threaten and or killed. He had no problem doing it.
“You get that call, ‘Should I get in that car?,’ Smith said. “You’ve got 7 seconds to say I’m not going to do it. Or I’m going to be part of it. I think as young men in college, that’s going into adulthood, take your 7 seconds because the wrong decision could be someone’s life.”
This is the problem with the entire story. This never happened. Miller was already in his car, about to arrive at the destination when the text came in. Miller did not decide to drive to deliver a gun, he was headed there to pick his friends up and take them home. He claims he didn’t even know the gun was in his car.
There is no controversy. There is no cover up. There is only terrible journalism reporting this in a way to intentionally rile people up.
He has a deadly shot from 15′ in. Certainly not afraid to take aim from far away and pull the trigger. Hes equally comfortable in the starting or police lineup. First guy on the team you call & expect to show up fully loaded & ready for some acccction! “HEY bring me a gun, ima shoot my exe”. “No worries, be right there” A fine example of a Student Aph-leet.
What about now that it’s came out that Miller drove his car and chased the Jeep with the dead female in it after the shooting, got sides swiped by the Jeep, and had his car hit by bullets. Still no need for any charges or suspensions? A single person, the District Attorney in Tuscaloosa made the sole decision not to press charges. Yeahhhh, nothing shady here!