{"id":629335,"date":"2026-05-07T17:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/629335\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:49:10","slug":"draymond-greens-harsh-message-to-charles-barkley-sparks-stats-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/629335\/","title":{"rendered":"Draymond Green\u2019s Harsh Message to Charles Barkley Sparks Stats Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

The season may have ended for the Golden State Warriors<\/a>, but their players continue to remain in the headlines. As Draymond Green<\/a> looks to make himself comfortable as an NBA<\/a> analyst, an awkward moment unfolded during his conversation with Charles Barkley.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the San Antonio<\/a> Spurs-Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> Game 2, the ‘Inside the NBA’ crew discussed the future of the Warriors. Green, who is frequently seen on the show throughout the NBA season, replaced an absent Shaquille O\u2019Neal.<\/p>\n

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While the discussion started around Green admitting he doesn\u2019t wish to play for another team, it soon got personal involving Barkley. \u201cIt\u2019s over for the Warriors\u201d, Chuck said<\/a> while indicating how most of their stars are old. Green responded by saying, \u201cWe had that hug for a reason, right? We\u2019re not oblivious\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"GoldenGolden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr talks to guard Stephen Curry<\/a> (30) and forward Draymond Green (23).\u00a9 Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

He was referring to Steve Kerr hugging Green and Steph Curry<\/a> during their last game of the season as the coach\u2019s future remains unclear. \u201cSports are for young people\u2026 Nobody wins when they\u2019re 37, 38\u201d, Barkley added.<\/p>\n

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The 36-year-old Warriors star clapped back at Chuck by saying, \u201cI think the goal is to not look like you in a Houston Rockets<\/a> uniform\u201d. Kenny Smith intervened by asking Green for further explanation for his comment. \u201cDid you see it? I saw it\u201d, he responded.<\/p>\n

Many online believed Green was being disrespectful towards the Hall of Famer and began a stats comparison. Barkley joined the Houston Rockets in 1996 at age 33. He averaged 16.5 points<\/a>, 12.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and a 4.0 box plus\/minus throughout his four years with the team.<\/p>\n

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NBA legend Charles Barkley is highly critical of the league for treatment of the fans.\u00a9 Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Green\u2019s last four seasons haven\u2019t been very great. The 4x NBA All-Star averaged 8.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists, and a 0.5 box plus\/minus. The comparisons by fans urged Green to face a reality check over his remark about the NBA legend. This isn\u2019t the first controversy around the Warriors star this week.<\/p>\n

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Dubbed the \u201cPodcast Beef\u201d<\/a>, Green has been going back and forth with former NBA player Austin Rivers<\/a>. Things escalated when Green claimed Rivers only peaked in high school. Doc Rivers<\/a>\u2019 son responded by criticising the 4-time NBA Champion for involving his father and ended by saying, \u201cLet\u2019s be frenemies\u201d.<\/p>\n

And now, Green has taken a jibe at Barkley\u2019s career. As he looks to focus on his broadcasting career following his possible NBA retirement, the Warriors star would hope to avoid getting into more drama.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 7, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The season may have ended for the Golden State Warriors, but their players continue to remain in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[58272,351,13339,2243,2854,5050,101076,355,6999,99,2244,30534,6427],"class_list":["post-629335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-austin-rivers","tag-charles-barkley","tag-draymond-green","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-green","tag-houston-rockets","tag-inside-the-nba","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio","tag-sports","tag-stephen-curry","tag-steve-kerr","tag-timberwolves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}