Charles Barkley: ‘If Golden State was relevant, [Draymond Green] wouldn’t be in the studio with me’

Barkley made the media rounds on Friday morning, joining Dan Bickley and Vince Marotta on their Arizona Sports 98.7 morning show, brushing off the joke and saying he has no problem comparing his career to Green’s.

“I never punch down. Draymond’s a good player. We’re not on the same level,” Barkley said. “I can hear it, but I don’t have to respond every time somebody says something about me. Draymond’s a really good player; he’s had a hell of a career, but we’re not on the same level.”

Later, he joined The Dan Patrick Show, where he reiterated that he doesn’t take it personally, though he made sure to zing Green and the Warriors a bit more to drive his point home.

“He took a shot at me but I don’t get offended because—I’ve said things about guys, they took personal shots at me,” Barkley said. “You know it’s so funny, last time you had me on the show, I told you I regretted those Rocket years, especially the last two where I sucked as a player. But I wasn’t turning down no free money, I had two years left on my contract.

“… The Warriors haven’t been relevant for three or four years. They been in the play-in. When you’re in the play-in, you’re not in the playoffs. … The play-in is something they just made up to add more games to put on a different network. The Warriors have been in the play-in I think four straight years. So they been irrelevant. And I know he don’t want to say it. … If Golden State was relevant, he wouldn’t be in the studio with me!”

Game. Set. Match.

Green has built quite a reputation for himself, fair or not. And if he’s going to take shots at media members while preparing for a post-playing career in that field, that reputation might cost him.

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