Charles Barkley is losing friends fast.
In an interview with Seth Davis on Campus Insiders, the former NBA star and current TNT analyst said he's no longer friends with now-Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan, USA TODAY Sports' For the Win reported Wednesday.
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A day earlier, the interview revealed that Barkley still has not spoken to Tiger Woods in more than five years - since Woods' infamous crash that began his saga about extra-marital affairs. Barkley can only speculate why Woods no longer talks to him.
But Barkley knows why he and His Airness no longer are friends.
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"I think (Jordan) was offended by some things I said about him on television," Barkley said during the Campus Insiders interview.
"One of the reasons I don't trust the media is you can't have a double standard for guys you like and dislike. I said Michael wasn't doing a good job - he's doing a great job now, (the Charlotte Hornets have) gotten better, they've made some great signings - but they weren't doing good and I thought he didn't have good people around him. And I said that, because I was asked that question. Your job is to be an analyst. It's not to protect your friends ... no, he's not feeling that."
Barkley recently revealed that he had less understanding of why Tiger Woods ended their friendship in 2009. Barkley rejected the notion that he and Jordan were negative influences on Woods, whose infidelity against then-wife Elin Nordegren was splashed across headlines.
"I understand that situation; I'm disappointed," Barkley told Davis. "But that was a thing in his life. He has to handle that how he handled it. I try not to ever be a Monday morning quarterback. That night changed his life forever. He chose to handle that, to just sever his friends and I have to accept that."
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