Draymond Green slams ex-NBA star: ‘The goal is to not look like you’

TL;DR

Draymond Green criticized former NBA star Charles Barkley during an appearance on 'Inside the NBA.' He emphasized that the goal is to not resemble Barkley.

Key points

Draymond Green criticized Charles Barkley.
Green appeared on 'Inside the NBA' instead of Shaquille O'Neal.
His comments are generating headlines.
The criticism reflects Green's outspoken personality.

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Draymond Green continues to make headlines.

With his mouth.

This time he took a shot at Charles Barkley.

Appearing in place of Shaquille O’Neal on the “Inside the NBA” set Wednesday night, Green made more headlines.

“Sports are for young people,” Barkley said. “You hope to have a great long career, but nobody wins when they’re 37, 38.”

Green then calmly responded, “Yeah, I mean I think the goal is just to not look like you in a Houston Rockets uniform, is ultimately the goal for us.”

Green was referring to his aging Golden State Warriors team starring Steph Curry and himself.

“We’re always going to try to compete,” said Green, who won four NBA titles alongside Curry and Klay Thompson with the Warriors. “When you win championships, the goal will always be to try to reach that level. Can we get back to that level? Listen, Jimmy [Butler’s] gonna miss a lot of next year [with a torn ACL], Moses [Moody’s] gonna miss a lot of next year. That’s $70 million, $75 million of, what, a $160 million payroll. So it’s gonna be tough, but make no mistake, the goal will always be to compete at a championship standard level.”

After spending eight years with the Philadelphia 76ers Barkley played four years for the Phoenix Suns and then ended his career with four years with the Houston Rockets.

Barkley did not seem upset with Green’s comment, but Green took some heat on X/Twitter.