MIAMI -- Don't call Damon Jones "Alfred" any more. The Heat's chatty shooting guard has quickly grown tired of the comparison. Jones shot back at TNT commentators Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith yesterday, taking umbrage at comments they made about Jones following Game 2 of the series with the Nets.
Barkley and Smith were having fun with Jones, comparing him to Alfred the Butler on the Batman show, with Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade playing the more glamorous roles of Batman and Robin.
Jones was also upset over comments Barkley made about the sunglasses he wore to the postgame press conference, glasses the NBA told Jones not to wear again.
"Charles Barkley gave me some (grief) about it," he said. "The only reason he did that is because he don't look as good as I do. He can't find sunglasses to fit his big, fat, bald head. He's on the stage to get at a lot of people for a lot of different things. I'm just shooting back, that's all."
Jones seemed to enjoy one day of the Alfred jokes but, after watching TNT dress him up with a tuxedo and a toilet brush, he felt offended.
"The Alfred The Butler thing, I'm over that," he said. "I don't want to be Alfred the Butler no more. The plunger and all that. I don't do toilets. I shoot the basketball."
Jones also had a stern message for Barkley's partner.
"And Kenny Smith," he said, "I don't understand what's going on with you. I'm starting to get frustrated with some of your comments about only getting 14 points last night and I should be grateful for that. Come on, man. You know I busted your (butt) all the time in Houston."
Instead of Alfred, Jones had an other moniker he preferred.
"Damon Jones, the most electrifying," he said.
I like Miller but sheesh why don't they talk about something else like O'Neil knocking the stuffing out of the Celtics even with his "hurt" right shoulder? *fume*
