‘Inside the NBA’ kills off NBA playoff hero Billy Ray Bates — but there’s one major problem

Source: New York Post

Some questions are best left unasked, especially on national television. During “Inside the NBA” on Sunday, Charles Barkley asked whether former Trail Blazers, Bullets and Lakers guard Billy Ray Bates was still alive. And that’s when it all went south fast, with co-analyst Shaquille O’Neal later saying “he passed away.