SI looks into Charles Barkley's career.
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00:00No one should compare Draymond Green to Charles Barkley.
00:08And as someone who believes basketball today
00:09is better than it's ever been,
00:11I don't mean that as disrespect to Draymond,
00:13who was a key cog in the Warriors' dynasty.
00:15It's just he was never better
00:17than the third best player on his team,
00:19Golden State's Rodman, if you will,
00:21while Barkley was the second best player on the Dream Team.
00:24The last dance should have served as a reminder
00:26that Chuck was a beast, and far more than a broadcaster.
00:30Charles was a freight train,
00:32and in the prime of his career
00:33was easily snatching double-digit rebounds
00:35while scoring more than 25 a game.
00:38And I think because he's become so good
00:40in his second career, that can be forgotten.
00:43Not to mention how often it's brought up
00:44that he didn't win any rings.
00:46And that's why rings aren't everything.
00:48Let Chuck have played with a Scottie Pippen,
00:50or how about Kevin Durant?
00:52No shade to Thunder Dan.
00:54It's worth remembering, championship or not,
00:56Barkley shared the floor with Michael Jordan
00:58as a peer, not in fear.
01:01So when you're making the list
01:02of greatest players in NBA history,
01:04Chuck belongs on it somewhere,
01:06even if he isn't so good at making his own.
01:09This is my list.
01:10Michael's one, Oscar Robinson's two.
01:15Yep, here's another one.
01:17In his era, who was better?
01:19Russell, Wilk, and Kareem.
01:23No particular order after Michael.
01:27Kobe six, LeBron seven.
01:30Then you got Elgin Baylor, Jerry West.
01:32You know, I love LeBron and everything about him,
01:36but I do think the way they play the game today,
01:40he didn't want any part of those bad boy Pistons.