Draymond Green wanted to kick Charles Barkley’s ass, but found himself disarmed.

When his microphone wasn’t malfunctioning on Monday night’s Manningcast – ESPN2’s alternate broadcast of “Monday Night Football” with Peyton and Eli Manning – the Warriors forward was asked about squashing his beef with Sir Charles. The two had traded a number of barbs back and forth in the media.

“Charles was on TV saying he was gonna punch me in the face. ‘I don’t like this guy,'” Green said. “And then I showed up on the set and he totally disarmed me. I went up on the set being like ‘I don’t like this guy, I’m ready to fight — whatever happens, happens.’ Then Charles immediately gets up and is like, ‘What’s up Draymond, how are you doing? It’s great to see you!'”

“I’m standing there [being] like wait a minute this isn’t the same guy who said he was gonna punch me in my face,” Green laughed. “I realized at that moment, he was one of the nicest guys I’ve ever been around, one of the most incredible, thoughtful people — and not just to me. When you hear the stories, see all the employees that he works with on the set, he knows everyone by name, everyone loves him.

“But I tell you what – I wanted to kick his you know what when I walked up on that set.”

When encouraged by the Manning brothers to clarify what he meant, Green said he wanted to kick his “ass.”

Barkley once called Green the least famous member of a boy band, and Green responded that Barkley was “jealous” of him. Barkley also said he wanted to see someone punch Green in the face – and Green invited him to go for it when they met in person.

What we have seen first with Kevin Durant (who buried a longstanding hatchet with Barkley earlier this month) and now with Draymond Green is that Barkley’s criticism for current players can a lot of times be kayfabe — the word for in-character storytelling in professional wrestling. It’s all for entertainment purposes, and by that standard, Barkley is enormously talented at the role.