Charles Barkley Thinks Clyde Drexler Has Always Been Jealous of Michael Jordan

Lol, I think every player was jealous of Michael Jordan.

Contrary to popular belief, MJ didn’t destroy Clyde during the 92 Finals. Clyde more than held his own (27ppg), it’s just that MJ was signifcantly better (35ppg). It’s like when people say that Hakeem destroyed Shaq during the 95 Finals despite Shaq avg. 28/12.

Over 20,000pts,6,000rebs,n over 6000 dimes one of only three n NBA HISTORY…Clyde did more than hold his own

“When Michael is driving his kids to school he thinks its game 7″ thats awesome

@pposse Barkley never played with Clyde, the year Drexler won his ring with Houston that was his last year in the NBA. He retired after that. Barkley is speaking what only he knows how to speak and that’s the truth. Put it this way, Portland got Drexler in ’83, the ’84 Draft they felt that there wouldn’t be a need or a way to work MJ in their system so they got Bowie. That didn’t work out in their favor at all. ’92 Dream Team practices were brutal where MJ was giving Drexler the business, ironically right after he gave them the business in the finals where he dropped 6 3′s in the first half, shoulder shrug as to where it came from, won the chip a few games later and then declared to Chicago that he was happy they drafted him and not Portland

i think ringless barkley is jealous of both of them lol

You can tell Charles Barkley was raised by a woman.

@elpayaso I stopped reading your comment when you said Barkley never played with Clyde … I took that as a sign you dont know what your talking about (drexler retired in 98 not immediately after he won his chip)

wait hold on so he did play wit clyde or no?

Yes during the 96-97 season.

The bigger question is, who’s career would you rather have in basketball, Clyde’s or Barkley’s. Also everybody was jealous of MJ, Pippen even wanted to be traded at one point. That’s why I LOVE how ZEKE would go at MJ, he never cared about the AIRNESS thoughts about him.

I’d rather have Clyde’s career. I think people really forget how great this guy was at his craft. The man damn near had 3 quadruple doubles in his whole career. He could do it all. Unfortunately he played when Jordan played so a lot of players get overshadowed by his Airness.

That is a good question Seed.
Barkley gets more overall respect in terms of legacy despite them having roughly equal statistics when you adjust for position. Drexler won a championship and his teams went to multiple Finals with him as the best player. He only made one All-NBA first team, but he played in the same era as Michael Jordan and great point guards.
Barkley only played in one Finals, but managed to win an MVP. Both players slacked on defense.
Personally, I would rather be Drexler because I thought he carried himself with a sort of quiet dignity although that could have been fake. He was a right-handed bandit, but I liked his style. Barkley was awesome, but I he rubs me the wrong way, and I feel like he failed his team with his antics on several occasions.

@allenp don’t you mean john paxson? stockton played for the jazz….

You’re right. I was looking at Drexler’s FG% for the entire 1992 playoff run not the Finals. He actually had a superb run during that playoffs (26/7/7 on 46% shooting) but in the Finals, his efficiency suffered.
AllenP, you seem to underrated Barkely a lot. Learn to keep your personal dislike out of it when ranking players.
Give me Barkley every day of the week and twice on sundays.
Even though the guy never won a championship, he’s significantly better than Drexler (career and talent-wise).

@allenp ah i see, i thought you were referring to the suns and bulls series in 93

On a totally random note, as I’ve watched the Olympics so far I’ve noticed tons of white people dominating in many sports, particularly for America.
What I’ve not heard is an argument that white people some sort of innate lung capacity advantage that allows them to dominate at swimming and cycling, or some other genetic explanation for so many more of them are gymnasts.
Anyone else notice that?

Actually, Zeke was the biggest Jordan hater of all … he and certain of his cohorts (who shall remain nameless) went at Jordan from the moment he entered the league. Barkley brought it ever game, 82 games per year throughout his career, thus earning the respect of his peers. You notice how hardly anyone ever claps back at Sir Charles. And the fact that he doesn’t have a ring really isn’t his fault. In the ’86 draft, Philly drafted Brad Daugherty No. 1 and could have had a frontline of Moses, Daugherty and Barkley. They then traded away Daugherty for Danny Vranes and Roy Hinson, and with it, Philly’s all but certain ‘chip. It was absolutely, the worst trade in the history of the NBA.

Minorities don’t swim, aren’t that interested in gymnastics and devote most of their time into basketball and track.

JTaylor
I would agree to a certain degree with that last comment.
So why is the argument about athletic dominance by black folks constantly going back to some sort of genetic advantage bestowed by slavery or some other cause?
Did white people develop stronger lungs and more buoyancy because they were devoted to subjugating the world and spent tons of time in ships back in the day? Maybe they mated with dolphins?

AllenP, you’re right. I always heard people (even from other blacks) talk about slave masters, through breeding, are the reasons why African Americans are so dominant in athletics. I’m calling BS on that. I know plenty Africans (especially from West Africa) that are superior athletes. There is probably an African on every NFL roster.

the only way this can be proven is if the love child of candice parker and shelden davis becomes the next shaq. **I also want to correct myself..in no context is it okay to use ‘breeding’ when talking about humans and never does it make sense to refer to anyone that way. i just saw what i wrote down and thats clearly not what i meant.

@ Allenp: You also never hear the media overshadowing a wh!te athlete’s world record performance with unfounded doping accusations… Or claiming that they’ve faked their ages (as they do with China every time Team USA is beaten).
I think you’re onto something with the boats though. Lonely Island – “I’m on a Boat”??? I think it’s an innate genetic affinity for boats and aquatics.

Allen, I can tell you the Gymnastics thing, has more to do with financial circumstances than anything else. That is one of, if the not THE, most expensive & time consuming sport there is. Gotta have a decent amount of money and a parent (or someone) with nothing to do every afternoon.

Teddy, the time China was accused of faking the age of their Gymnast, they did. It was proven by a hacker.
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“Chinese officials last week unveiled a team bound for London with an average age of about 19.5 — nearly four years older than the minimum of 16 required to compete at the Olympics.
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How did the Chinese team get so old in a sport that favors the flexibility of smaller, younger bodies? After age controversies dogged the Chinese for more than a decade, the sport’s international governing body in 2009 put in place a system to certify athlete ages. And China’s team, which won gold during the Beijing Games, just didn’t have a deep bench of new teen talent.”