Charles Barkley interviewed with the hosts of Open Floor, Andrew Sharp and Ben Golliver, and talked in depth about what transpired at the NBA Trade Deadline between the New Orleans Pelicans and Anthony Davis. While mobility is great, the display that occurred in the fallout of this drama makes all sides look terrible. Dell Demps is out of a job, and Anthony Davis has gone from a beloved player in New Orleans to creating an awkward situation for fans, his teammates and the Pelicans brass. It's going to be a long road to the NBA's offseason, and Barkley finds that this puts a bad look on the league. Here's what Barkley had to say:
Well, don't ruin your reputation as a great player, one of the nicest guys in the world. Remember your agent works for you. You don't work for him. He handled that situation wrong, it's going to come back to bite him in the ass. It's unfortunate because, like I said before the season, I thought he was the second-best player in the world.
"He's a great person. But anybody that works for me, I make sure they know we don't work together, they work for me. They're going to do whatever I f---in' say or they're going to get fired. Because you know what? I can get somebody to do what they do. They can't get somebody to do what I do. I said last week and it's gotten worse already.
"This is a bad situation, it's bad look for the NBA because that kid can't go out there and give it 100% because he's worried about getting hurt. The Pelicans ain't trying to win. And you see already he's had less than three points in the last few weeks. That's ridiculous... I hear all these clowns on TV saying it's great that players are getting all this power. Let me tell you guys something, workers are never going to have power over their ownership ever. It might work for a couple guys, but in the history of the world no workers have ever overtaken people who own a business. And when these guys are sitting at home locked out in a couple of years, I want y'all to remember I told y'all that."
Listen to the full interview below: