Charles Barkley Calls Out Steve Kerr Over NBA Season Length Complaints: “Y’all Screwed Up”

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Now that Charles Barkley has reconciled with one Bulls legend, he’s ensuring balance by picking on another one. Though he rarely says something nice when talking about Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors. This time it’s not about the team being ‘old’ and ‘cooked.’ He didn’t even concern himself about the state of flux in Golden State amid contract negotiations. Even though the Warriors’ injury-ridden season ended at the Play-In Tournament, Sir Charles is reigniting the debate about the NBA’s grueling 82-game schedule by specifically calling out Steve Kerr.

He opened his appearance on on ESPN 1000’s Waddle & Silvy immediately addressing Steve Kerr’s recent campaign to shorten the season by 10 games. To the uninitiated, Chuck is against the idea, often citing Michael Jordan’s example for players going through 80+ games without rest.

The 1993 MVP who played 16 seasons in a more physical era, dismissed the proposal as financial hypocrisy, arguing that Kerr’s stance has conveniently shifted only as his dynastic core has entered their mid-to-late thirties. “I hate the fact that he’s complaining now because he’s got an old geezer team,” Barkley said, bringing back his old argument since Stephen Curry and Draymond Green were on the other side of 35, after their fourth championship.

“He didn’t say that when they were winning championships. You didn’t say that when you won four championships and went to the Finals all those years. Now he’s got all those old-a– dudes on his team and now they’re in the play-in.” Note, this interview was apparently recorded before the Warriors were eliminated from the Play-In Tournament (or Chuck didn’t know that becausethe Inside Guys don’t watch the games).

He goes on to say, “Y’all screwed up the draft… they actually should still be winning now.” That of course refers to the failures of (the No. 2 pick in 2020) and (No. 7 in 2021), two players he put a lot of faith in. The Warriors’ veteran core now expanded to include , , and . By those examples, Barkley argues that the Warriors’ current struggles are a self-inflicted result of poor roster management.