Cedric Ceballos won the 1992 NBA Slam Dunk Contest as a rookie while playing for the Phoenix Suns. He moved around the NBA until 2001, and played professional basketball in some way until 2011. Even with all that basketball experience and knowledge, he still thinks his Suns could have beat the nearly unbeatable Warriors.

He told the Steve Gorman Sports! Show the ’94 Suns would beat Golden State “easily.”

The warriors against our 93-94 team, with [Charles] Barkley, [Dan] Majerle, [Danny] Ainge, K.J. [Kevin Johnson], Tom Chambers. Don’t get me wrong. Draymond [Green]’s play is unbelievable, but he wouldn’t do anything with Charles Barkley. It would be so ridiculous with that guy would get done to him. If you don’t believe me, just ask everybody else at his size who tried to guard the guy back in the day. Then you go with KJ, who just made the final list for the Hall of Fame. Steph Curry, an unbelievable shooter, but [KJ] was a point guard’s nightmare because he was strong and loved to go to the basket. That’s one thing these teams do not do. They do not expose Steph Curry and the way he plays defense.

It’s funny that Ceballos considers his Suns this unstoppable force, considering they couldn’t stop the Houston Rockets in the ’94 playoffs, and couldn’t stop the Bulls the previous year. Barkley struggled with injuries to his back and quad throughout the season. The season he put together was impressive because of the injuries he fought through. Ainge and KJ also missed several games with injury, and Chambers wasn’t even on the Suns in the 93-94 season.

Oscar Robertson offered a similar criticism of the Warriors, saying their opponents are weak and have bad coaching. But Steve Kerr shut down Ceballos and Robertson by pointing out the “get off my lawn” nature of the criticism coming from men who are now too old to play against Curry and company.

“Because athletes, you know, 50 years ago were much bigger, stronger and faster, more finely tuned,” Kerr continued. “So Steph might not have made it in the league.”

Instead of constantly chipping away at the Warriors’ accomplishments, maybe Robertson, Ceballos and any other retired player should sit back and enjoy the way the game they played has grown.