查尔斯·巴克利对同为NBA传奇人物的魔术师约翰逊和拉里·伯德给予了高度赞扬。

巴克利发表了一篇关于伯德，魔术师的有趣声明，称他们是“NBA历史上最重要的球员”。

“Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are the two most important people in NBA history. If it weren’t for those guys, the NBA wouldn’t be what it is today.Obviously, Michael took it to another level, but I’m old enough to remember, before Magic and Larry got into the NBA, the league was too black, too many drugs. Larry and Magic made the league.I love LeBron, Kobe, Tim, Ewing, and all those guys but the two most important figures are Magic and Bird,” Charles Barkley said, via The Sports Rush.

“魔术师约翰逊和拉里伯德是NBA历史上最重要的两个人。如果不是这些人，NBA就不会是今天这样。很明显，迈克尔把它带到了另一个层次，但我已经足够老了，记得在魔术和拉里进入NBA之前，联盟太黑了，太多的毒品。伯德，魔术师创造了传奇。我爱勒布朗，科比，蒂姆，尤因，还有所有这些人，但最重要的两个人物是伯德和魔术师。