Charles Barkley and Daryl Morey are not the best friends and during his interview on The Herd show when Barkley was asked about the firing of Kevin McHale, we knew we were going to get a classic answer from him.
“I just think Daryl Morey screwed Kevin McHale,” Barkley said. “Obviously me and Daryl Morey don’t like each other, because he’s one of those analytics geeks who think you get numbers winning games instead of players. The guy just was in the [Western] Conference finals five months ago, and he sucks after 11 games? I just think that’s really unfair to Kevin McHale … I just think it’s the GM covering his own ass, and Kevin McHale got screwed.”
Barkley makes some good points but if the players were not responding to McHale anymore like Morey said, it was best for everybody involved to move on. If you need to catch up on the feud between the two or refresh your memory, you can watch this video.