Per ESPN<\/a>, \u201cThe guy was like a brother to me for, shoot, 20-something years,\u201d Barkley said on Tuesday\u2019s Waddle and Silvy Show on ESPN 1000 in Chicago. \u201cAt least 20-something years. And I do, I feel sadness. But to me he\u2019s still the greatest basketball player ever. I wish him nothing but the best. But, there\u2019s nothing I can do about it, brother.\u201d<\/p>\nBarkley, who has been a frequent guest on the program for more than a decade, originally made his comments on the same show over eight years ago . The relationship has been broken ever since.
\n\u201cThe thing that bothered me the most about that whole thing, I don\u2019t think that I said anything that bad,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure I said, \u2018As much as I love Michael, until he stops hiring them kiss-asses, and his best friends, he\u2019s never going to be successful as a general manager.\u2019 And I remember pretty much verbatim I said that. And the thing that really pissed me off about it later is Phil Jackson said the exact same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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