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Charles Barkley Needed Just Four Words to Crush Draymond Green After Petty On-Air Swipe
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Charles Barkley Needed Just Four Words to Crush Draymond Green After Petty On-Air Swipe

SI·Kristen Wong·24 days ago
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On the court and off it, Charles Barkley is the bigger man compared to Warriors star Draymond Green. Earlier this week, Green brazenly insulted Barkley by taking a shot at the Hall of Famer’s twilight years in the NBA, when he spent the last four seasons of his career with the Rockets. “I think the goal is just to not look like you in a Houston Rockets uniform,” Green said to Barkley, on the subject of whether the Warriors’ once-dynastic run was over. When asked to elaborate, Green tried to talk his way through the awkward silence and tension, going on about Jimmy Butler’s and Moses Moody’s futures with Golden State and how the team will define success moving forward. Barkley addressed that very awkward moment during an interview with Arizona sports radio’s Dan Bickley and Vince Marotta. “I never punch down,” Barkley said right off the bat. Barkley continued, inching pretty close to “punching down” on Green: “Draymond's a good player, we're not on the same level.…

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