Charles Barkley Signals His Long-Running Rift With Michael Jordan Is Coming to an End, Says Ex-NBA Stars Have Plans to ‘Play Golf’
"We've always had a lot of love for each other," Barkley said of Jordan
Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan on June 18, 1993 Credit: Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty NEED TO KNOW Charles Barkley said he and Michael Jordan are planning to get together and play golf after the NBA season ends Barkley said he and Jordan, who didn't speak for more than 10 years after Barkley criticized him, recently "had a conversation" Barkley said Jordan "went ballistic" after he criticized Jordan's ownership of the Charlotte Hornets, leading to their long feud Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan may be mending their friendship. The former NBA stars, both 63, ended their friendship years ago after Jordan took issue with a comment Barkley made about Jordan's ownership of the Charlotte Hornets.
But now, Barkley has said the former friends may put their feud to rest. "We had a conversation," Barkley said during an appearance on Sirius XM's Mad Dog Unleashed on Friday, April 17. "We're going to get together and play golf as soon as basketball is over.
" Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan in 1990 Credit: Lou Capozzola/NBAE via Getty "We're not like Prince William and Prince Harry," Barkley continued. "We've always had a lot of love for each other, but we talked, actually, in the last 72 hours," he said. "We decided to get together and play golf as soon as basketball is over.
" Barkley said in February 2023 that he hadn't spoken to Jordan — who purchased the then-Charlotte Bobcats in 2006 and sold his majority stake in 2023 —in the ten years since the Chicago Bulls icon felt dissed by Barkley's criticism. Recalling how Jordan "went ballistic" after the criticism, Barkley said during a 2023 appearance on All The Smoke , "He called me and the last thing I heard was 'Motherf----er, f--- you. You're supposed to be my boy.