Charles Barkley praises former Warriors GM for 'jumping off the Titanic'

After more than a decade in the Golden State Warriors' front office, Myers left and took a job with ESPN. With his old team sitting in 11th place with a 10-11 record, he may be happy with his decision, which Barkley likened to "jumping off the Titanic before it sunk."

In this metaphor, the Warriors are the giant liner and the iceberg is Father Time punching a hole in this aging team. Or perhaps Jordan Poole was the ship, and Draymond Green's fist was the iceberg that sunk the boat. Clearly, the Larry O'Brien trophy is the "Heart of the Ocean" diamond necklace.

Myers weakly protested that he had friends with the Warriors, and Barkley shot back, "You're going to see them soon." He may be talking about Green, who has already signed with TNT to be a broadcaster, and Coach Steve Kerr, who used to announce games for TNT.

Kerr is in a similar situation that Myers was in last season, working in the last year of his contract with no extension on the horizon. Unless owner Joe Lacob resigns his coach, who has won four titles with Golden State, Kerr very well might leave for a broadcasting job, just like Myers did.

Still, the Warriors are only two games behind sixth-place Sacramento, and have gotten strong performances from third-year players Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga recently. But with one quarter of the season in the books, the Warriors desperately need to right the ship.