Draymond Green cites his mom, not Charles Barkley, for his trash-talking ways

Most NBA players would consider it a compliment to be compared to retired All-Star forward Charles Barkley.

Not trash-talking Warriors forward Draymond Green.

"Hell no," Green told ESPN's Chris Haynes on Sunday. "I'm the modern-day Draymond Green. (Expletive) no."

In fact, Green gives all of the credit for his trash-talking ways to his mother and the way he was raised in Saginaw, Mich.

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

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Green, a two-time All-Star who was taken in the second round of the 2012 draft out of Michigan State, is averaging 13.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists in postseason play after averaging 10.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 7.0 assists during the regular season.

Green offers another major difference with Sir Charles. While Barkley famously said back in the 1990's that he wasn't a role model, Green welcomes that title.

"I try to be," Green said. "But it's not my decision on whether I'm somebody's role model or not, but I try to be the model citizen."