Losing the Timberwolves reduces James historical status? Barkley: I didn t say I always ranked him in 7th place

May 13th News Recently, Barkley participated in the "OutKick" program and talked about James.

Speaking of his claim that James' historical status was damaged by his loss to the Timberwolves, he said: "First of all, I don't know where this statement comes from. I always say that in my ranking, LeBron is the seventh in history, and I think Wilt Chamberlain), Kareem Jabbar, Bill Russell, Jordan and Oscar Robertson are ahead of him. I put Kobe in sixth and LeBron in seventh."

"I see those stupid people talking about it. I'm talking stupid people, Referring to an idiot like Gilbert Arenas, who is talking about it—you know, now everyone has their own podcast, they want to be important and influential, and I always say that LeBron is the seventh greatest basketball player in history. I didn't say he was the 20th greatest. "

"I thought they would win that series. I was actually a little surprised. I didn't think they could be the champion contenders, but I didn't expect them to lose the series either."