Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley were two of the best players during the 1990s. The two former superstars were fierce rivals and gave fans many memorable moments with several battles throughout their careers in the NBA. But does that mean they weren’t friends?
Well, up until a blunder caused by Charles Barkley, he was one of the closest friends that Michael Jordan had. Speaking of the blunder, it was none other than the mistake Chuck made by raising his voice against the leadership style of Michael Jordan with the Charlotte Hornets.
MJ is usually considered the GOAT of basketball and he has definitely earned that honor. But when it comes to being an equally effective owner, Jordan has failed to do so and that’s what Barkley pointed out.
Charles Barkley Reveals The Last Thing He Heard From Michael Jordan
During a recent appearance on the ‘All The Smoke’ podcast, Barkley talked about what went wrong between him and Jordan about 10 years ago. In the process, Chuck also revealed what was the last thing that MJ said to him before never calling him again.
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“That would be on his end, Matt. He was my best friend at the time, and I love the guy, and I miss the guy. But you know, I got to do my job. First of all, I don’t think it’s fair for me to critique other GMs and coaches and have a double standard. That goes back to the Skip Bayless thing. You can tell the guys he likes and guys he dislikes. I think I’m fair to everybody.”
He added, “What I said about Michael, I said [was] I don’t know if he’s ever going to be successful because of the people around him. I think he hires too many of his friends because your friends don’t ever tell you no. The hardest thing about being famous is because you’re paying all the bills. They on your private jet. They’re not gonna tell you when you’re doing something wrong.
Because he was struggling as a general manager, at running the time. And I said I don’t know if he’s ever going to be successful because the people around him are never going to tell him no. Yeah, don’t draft that dude. No, we need to trade that dude blah blah blah. And he went ballistic. And he called me, that’s the last thing I heard, ‘M*****f****r f**k you, you’re supposed to be my boy. And I said man, I gotta do my job and we haven’t spoken since that night. And that was probably close to 10 years ago.”
Hearing Barkley talk about the incident, it’s obviously clear that Jordan may still be pissed at him. Keeping that in mind, there is a very little chance that the two superstars will become friends again like the good old times.
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