Charles Barkley Takes Shot at Draymond Green for NBA All-Star Game Format Complaints

Ryan Phillips | Feb 16, 2025

NBA TV analyst Charles Barkley talks on set before game three of the 2024 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks. / Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images

Charles Barkley is firing back at Draymond Green, who has been complaining about the NBA's new All-Star game format all night.

The Golden State Warriors forward has expressed his displeasure with the new format for 2025. He doesn't believe the Rising Stars team should be participating because they were not selected as All-Stars. He also doesn't like the four-team tournament setup, or the fact that the first team to score 40 points wins each game.

Video of Green's complaints is below.

Draymond Green: "You work all year to be an All-Star and you get to play up to 40 and then you're done... Come on, what are we doing? This is ridiculous."

Adam Lefkoe: "Scale of 1-10, your thoughts of the format."

Draymond: "A zero. Sucks. This ain't basketball." #NBA pic.twitter.com/L7dlhwLprm

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 17, 2025

Barkley seemed fed up with Green's complaining and ripped him for whining about the new setup. He then made a pretty good point: Green's generation of players made the All-Star game uncompetitive and now he's complaining about the league changing the setup in an attempt to make it more interesting.

Charles Barkley: "I'm going to disagree with Draymond A LOT... They messed the game up!.. His generation messed the game up!... We're doing every type of trick to make this weekend exciting." #NBA https://t.co/v7CYFf3kFG pic.twitter.com/QiltQVt0RZ

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 17, 2025

It's hard to disagree with Barkley's assessment. I'm sure Green will have a response.

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