Kenny Smith has a message for his “NBA on TNT” co-host Charles Barkley: Express regret to Michael Jordan already.
“Apologize, Chuck,” Smith mentioned with a smile, by way of TMZ. “You had been within the incorrect. He’s all the time within the incorrect! I don’t wish to converse to Chuck right now, both.”
Former greatest associates, the final time Barkley and Michael Jordan spoke was a few decade in the past, and the Bulls legend apparently informed Barkley to go f–ok himself.
The pair had been shut till Barkley criticized Jordan’s function as an proprietor of the Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets) in a 2012 interview. Barkley has mentioned Jordan referred to as him over his feedback and after an disagreeable trade, they by no means spoke once more.
“He went ballistic, and he referred to as me and the very last thing I heard was ‘motherf–ker, f–ok you, you’re alleged to be my boy,’” Barkley mentioned of the state of affairs throughout an look on the “All The Smoke” podcast earlier this month. “I mentioned ‘man, I’ve obtained to do my job.’ We haven’t spoken since that night time and that was most likely near 10 years in the past.”
In November, Barkley informed Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks that he needed to “get previous the bullsh-t” with Jordan, however added that it’s on Jordan to fix their relationship.
“That’s on his finish,” Barkley mentioned. “He was my greatest pal on the time, and I really like the man and I miss the man.”
