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After the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns experienced first-round exits in the playoffs, media and fans criticized head coaches Darvin Ham and Frank Vogel. Charles Barkley defended Ham and Vogel, shifting blame onto the players for the teams’ failures, while Gilbert Arenas disagreed with Barkley’s perspective.

Following their early playoff exits, both the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns faced criticism from both media and fans toward head coaches Darvin Ham and Frank Vogel. Charles Barkley came to the defense of Ham and Vogel, attributing the teams’ failures to the players instead, a perspective that Gilbert Arenas did not agree with.

“Whose fault was it when they (Barkley’s Suns) went 41-41 and he needed to leave to go try to win a championship,” Arena continued. “He wasn’t good enough then? Then when he got to Houston, teams that won championship, who was out of shape that couldn’t be healthy… Where was the responsibility then? I hate when you get to a certain stage and you start throwing shots when you were a problem yourself when you played.”