Basketball fans were treated to a rowdy spinoff of “ManningCast” Sunday night as Charles Barkley and Draymond Green trash-talked each other while watching the NBA All-Star Game. The alternate cast — airing on truTV and Max — did not disappoint and even produced some newsworthy nuggets.
At one point, Barkley brought up Golden State’s reported trade interest in LeBron James. While no details have emerged on which players the Warriors were willing to part with, Barkley felt Green’s team would have been “stupid” to give up Jonathan Kuminga for the aging Lakers star.
“If the Lakers can get Klay (Thompson) and Kuminga for
LeBron, they’d do that deal tomorrow,” Barkley opined.
In response, Green — known to be close friends with Warriors owner Joe Lacob — seemingly provided some insight into Golden State’s trade-deadline package.
“Who said we were giving up Klay or Kuminga?” Green asked. “…When
I spoke to Joe on the phone and discussing what we had to give up, I said, ‘(If) it’s
Kuminga, the answer is ‘No.'”
