(KRON) — It is no secret that Charles Barkley is not a fan of San Francisco, however the NBA legend-turned-analyst’s distaste for the realm doesn’t stretch throughout the Bay.
Barkley heaped reward on Oakland Warriors followers on Contained in the NBA final week, and he didn’t miss his probability to take potshots at San Francisco.
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“I hate the Warriors fans in San Francisco, but they were amazing in Oakland,” he stated. “They were tremendous. Even when they were good with Chris Mullin, Hardaway and Mitch Richmond, they were terrific. And when the Warriors weren’t any good and they were in Oakland, they were fantastic.”
The Warriors moved from then-Oracle Enviornment in Oakland to San Francisco’s Chase Heart for the 2019-20 season. Since then, Barkley has been closely crucial of the Metropolis by the Bay and its followers.
He referred to as San Francisco the “armpit of America” in the identical phase, which his co-host Kenny Smith vehemently disagreed with. He even went so far as to say he prefers Sacramento to San Francisco.
Barkley has voiced his criticisms of San Francisco often lately. He referred to as it “hell” in 2022 and stated it was filled with “homeless crooks” earlier in 2024.
The previous Philadelphia 76er and Phoenix Solar took the identical stance when the staff left Oakland in 2019, calling the transfer a “travesty and disgrace” and calling Oakland followers the perfect within the NBA.
