SAN FRANCISCO >> Never one to shy away from bold statements, Draymond Green may have set a new bar on Sunday outside Chase Center.

The Warriors’ outspoken forward, a four-time All-Star, was broadcasting outside the NBA All-Star Game when he made a proclamation that will follow Golden State around the rest of this season and potentially longer.

“We are going to win the championship,” Green said on TNT as he addressed the trade that brought Jimmy Butler from Miami to Golden State.

The Warriors are currently 10th in the Western Conference with a 28-27 record. If the season ended today, they would occupy the final spot in the NBA play-in tournament.

Fellow TNT panelists Adam Lefkoe, Jalen Rose and Vince Carter were stunned and asked Green to repeat himself.

He did, with pleasure, while looking directly into the camera.

Green attributed his newfound confidence to the addition of Butler.

“We were kind of headed in the wrong direction,” Green said. “I think we were figuring it out and now we’ve figured it out this year, throughout the course of this year. And since he’s been here, we’ve walked into every game thinking and believing that we’re going to win that game. And that goes a long way in this league.”

LeBron misses All-Star game >> Lakers superstar forward LeBron James announced late in the afternoon that he would not play in the NBA All-Star Game at Chase Center.

The forward, in his 22nd season in the NBA, divulged the news during his scheduled press conference two hours before tipoff, telling the assembled media that he is fighting pain in his foot and ankle area.

James’ record streak of 20 consecutive All-Star starts thus came to an end.

“I was hoping that it would feel a lot better this morning, but it’s not where I wanted to be,” said James , who added he needed to prioritize the Lakers’ playoff push and be smart with his body.

Barkley gives $250K for S.F. social justice >> Charles Barkley spent over an hour of his All-Star Saturday in San Francisco volunteering at GLIDE, a social center in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Then, on his popular TNT show “Inside the NBA,” the Hall of Famer pledged a $250,000 donation to the organization.

GLIDE is a center for social justice dedicated to fighting systemic injustices and creating pathways out of poverty and crisis. The center serves meals to the hungry every day, assists homeless people in finding shelter, provides programs and resources to families and helps with substance abuse treatment options.

In the past, Barkley has called San Francisco a “rat-infested” place and described the city as having “homeless crooks.” His comments have gone on for years, leading Warriors fans to boo him when he comes to Chase Center.

“I actually like San Francisco,” Barkley said during a live broadcast this weekend. “I really do. I mean, obviously, we’ve got to do something about the homeless, they need help. We need to clean it up a little bit.”