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Former Auburn and NBA star Charles Barkley talks with Chris Fowler Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, on the set of ESPN College Game Day outside Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala. (Julie Bennett/jbennett@al.com)

Toward the end of the interview, Patrick asked the former Auburn and NBA star about the contract situation with Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks.

"In sports, they want you to be stars and then when you don't win, they blame the stars," Barkley said. "I call it the 'ESPN disease.' They have a couple diseases over there at ESPN. Every guy acts like they know everything about every sport. It drives me crazy."

Barkley covers the NBA for Turner Sports, but has appeared on ESPN numerous times and recently served as the College GameDay guest picker for last season's Iron Bowl.

"They call me every year, but I would never go there," Barkley added about possibly working for network. "Number one, they work their guys too hard, but also I think they manufacture stories. They manufacture controversies."

Patrick worked for ESPN for 18 years before leaving in 2007. He also asked Sir Charles how his stock would be assessed if he was coming out of Auburn this season and entering the 2014 NBA Draft.

"It's a crapshoot," Barkley said. "It's just a guess. Mel [Kiper] and Todd [McShay] would be saying he's a 'tweener.' He's not a power forward, not a small forward. That's the word they'd use."

Check out the full interview in the video below.