For Barkley, it was a simple observation.
And when he told Brady that he liked his watch, the TNT commentator definitely didn’t expect anything in return — or know how much it cost.“(Brady) says, ‘Thanks, Chuck,’ blah blah blah. We do the broadcast for another two or three hours. One of Tom’s boys comes up to me and he says, ‘Hey Tom is looking for you.
’”I go up (to the clubhouse) and I say, ‘Tom, what’s up?’ And he says, ‘Chuck, take my watch.’ I go, ‘What?’ I said, ‘Tom, I’m just saying you have a nice watch.’ ”
Brady insisted — but that wasn’t the best part.