Not sure I totally agree with Charles on the use of stats. This is like basketball's version of Moneyball which is about the use of sabermetrics in baseball.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12308938/charles-barkley-fires-back-daryl-morey-houston-rockets-stats-idiot
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12308938/charles-barkley-fires-back-daryl-morey-houston-rockets-stats-idiot