Michael Jordan hasn’t had much success as a GM or an owner.
He never seemed very good at it even though he is a very successful businessman. Not many people challenge him about it mainly because he is Michael Jordan and the only black owner in the NBA.
He was close friends with Charles Barkley for 20 years, but he is still holding a grudge over these comments.
“The guy was like a brother to me for, shoot, 20-something years,” Barkley said on Tuesday’s Waddle and Silvy Show on ESPN 1000 in Chicago. “At least 20-something years. And I do, I feel sadness. But to me he’s still the greatest basketball player ever. I wish him nothing but the best. But, there’s nothing I can do about it, brother.”
“The thing that bothered me the most about that whole thing, I don’t think that I said anything that bad,” Barkley said. “I’m pretty sure I said, ‘As much as I love Michael, until he stops hiring them kiss-asses, and his best friends, he’s never going to be successful as a general manager.’ 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.”
“Oh, he got my number,” Barkley said. “He can call me.”
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