Draymond Green has rejected comparisons to Charles Barkley. Both Green and Barkley are outspoken, multidimensional power forwards.

"Hell no," he responded promptly. "I'm the modern-day Draymond Green. F--- no."

Green elaborated on why he doesn't see himself as similar to Barkley.

"[Chuck] told y'all in '90-what that he wasn't your kid's role model anyway ... so there you have it," Green said. "He wasn't my role model. I grew up in Saginaw, Michigan. ... That's what you do, you talk. You talk junk during basketball. That's how I was raised. I was raised in a family like that, so I didn't need a Charles Barkley to influence me."

Green credits his mother, father and neighborhood for the bulk of his outspoken disposition, saying "It was inherited." The only linkage with Barkley he acknowledged was on the basketball court.

"I was raised by Mary Babers," Green said. "In the Babers family, that's what you do. You speak your mind. It ain't got nothing to do with Chuck.

"I wasn't a Charles Barkley fan growing up. No disrespect to Chuck. He's a great player, but as I got older, I watched his game because I knew he was undersized and the things that he could do, I tried to add some of that stuff to my game. But nah, he didn't influence me at all."