Barkley: I have had no problem with gay teammates

Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is certain he has played with his gay teammates on two or three teams in his career of basketball player - and said that it was a not him bothers a little.

"I thought... they were gay," said Barkley 106.7 the fan in Washington. ".

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It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks on TV and say: ' Oh, no guy can only exit in a team sport. These guys would go crazy. "First of all, stop telling me what I think. I would have rather a gay guy who can play as a right guy who can't play.

"-Charles Barkley.

Barkley denied comment suggesting athletes male are homophobic and cloakrooms of professional sport of great men are still not ready for an openly gay teammate. He said he never felt threatened or hit - on in the locker room and was never troubled by the presence of gay teammates.

"First of all, each player has played with the gay guys," Barkley said 106.7 the fan, adding that any player who says he is not is "a kind of idiot stone."

"It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks on TV and say: ' Oh, no guy can only exit in a team sport.". These guys would go crazy. "First of all, stop telling me what I think. I would rather a gay guy who can play as a right guy who cannot play, "Barkley says.

Barkley said that he was concerned never on clumsy situations of gay teammates, because "[he]"work like that.""

"A guy is never going to put themselves in such a situation as professional," Barkley told the station. "He never crossed my mind, and I felt never different guy."

Barkley was interviewed on the subject on a pair of figures of basketball doing public sexual orientation during the weekend: Phoenix Suns Executive Rick welts and former Villanova starter Will Sheridan, who said that he had and was accepted by his teammates in his academic career.

Barkley, who played for the Suns and lives in the Phoenix area, said that he wanted stripes the best after his coming out.

"First of all, society is discriminatory towards homosexual people," said Barkley. "They always try to do as jocks discriminate against homosexuals." I was a gay marriage big proponent for long, because as a black person, I cannot be in for any form of discrimination in all. ?