Draymond Green reveals Warriors player he wouldn't trade for LeBron James
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.'"
Later in the feed, as the two men continued to exchange barbs, Barkley poked fun at the play-in-bound Warriors, telling Green to prepare for the inevitability of missing the playoffs. Green, a former four-time NBA Champion, would resort to the old "take my ring" line to slight the ring-less Barkley.
If the Warriors don't make the postseason, as Barkley predicts, Green could be back in the TNT booth in a few months. He did so last year after his Warriors were bounced out of the second round of the playoffs.
That said, the Warriors (27-26) won eight of their last 10 games before the All-Star break, and could potentially creep up in the standings over the next few months. They currently sit in the 10th seed.
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