having fun. "This was like it used to be when (Larry) Bird and Magic (Johnson) went at it. Or when Isiah (Thomas) was doing his thing with the Pistons. "I went by him once and told him, `You're an old man.' He's two days older than me. "He told me, `You got no chance today, and you never will.' It was all stuff like that." "We are tight, very tight. That was just us playing around," Barkley added. "Michael is like a brother to me. We have a great relationship, but we also love competing ...