Thursday’s edition of TNT NBA Tip-Off opened with a significantly more creative conversation than usual. After Ernie Johnson comments on the sheer beauty of Charles Barkley, he proceeds to discuss his waxing preferences for eyebrows before leading the discussion south, at which time Kenny Smith is extremely interested in whether or not Barkley is a landing strip kind of guy. Although veering off onto an inglorious tangent is nothing new for the 4-man crew, things took a particularly interesting turn before the Knicks-Rockets game.