Charles Barkley by no means pulls any punches with regards to what he thinks of San Francisco and its inhabitants.
The NBA legend and TNT basketball host and analyst seemingly gained’t be planning any holidays to town anytime quickly.
Barkley was talking with polarizing Warriors ahead Draymond Inexperienced and ex-Pacers star Reggie Miller, now an NBA analyst as effectively, on TNT’s alternate broadcast throughout the NBA All-Star recreation Sunday night time at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indiana.
Through the broadcast, Inexperienced mentioned, “Hey Reggie we love you, let’s not have one other All-Star [game] in Indiana. Let’s let this be the final one, my buddy.”
That’s when Barkley chimed in and went after town through which Inexperienced performs.
“Hey Reggie,” Barkley mentioned. “Should you had an opportunity of being within the chilly, or being round a bunch of homeless crooks in San Francisco, which might you are taking?”
“You may’t even stroll round down there,” Barkley added.
Subsequent yr’s All-Star recreation will happen on the Chase Heart in San Francisco.
When Inexperienced responded, “sure you can stroll round,” Barkley responded “yeah, with a bulletproof vest.”
It’s actually not the primary time Barkley has criticized San Francisco.
There was a uncommon rain delay throughout Recreation 4 of the Western Convention Finals between the Warriors and Mavericks in 2022, the place the roof on the American Airways Heart in Dallas started leaking.
Barkley used the chance to lament that it was not raining in San Francisco, which he believed wanted it.
“The dangerous factor about all this rain, it’s not raining in San Francisco to scrub up these dirty-ass streets they obtained there,” Barkley mentioned on the time. “San Francisco, it’s an awesome metropolis, however all that dirtiness and homelessness, y’all gotta clear that off the streets.”
The Jap Convention All-Stars beat the West 211-186, and Damian Lillard was named the sport’s MVP.
