‘Inside the NBA’ planned an elaborate joke on their resident analyst, Charles Barkley. The 11-time All-Star is in his 25th year with TNT, but since Shaquille O’Neal joined the podium in 2011, Barkley’s life has become riddled with pranks. This time though, Shaq had an accomplice in Kenny ‘The Jet’ Smith.

Los Angles Lakers coach JJ Redick opined that intensely negative comments from media pundits are a contributing factor. That led sportscaster Charles Barkley to clap back and share some blunt thoughts on Redick and his job.

Racing during their show is nothing new for the “Inside the NBA” crew. During tonight’s TNT halftime segment, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith faced off in yet another sprint to the big screen. After the Los Angeles Lakers legend emerged victorious over “The Jet” in the race from their desk,

Johnson quickly urged Barkley to stop and just focus on the highlights. Kenny Smith, meanwhile, chimed in to claim San Francisco is a “beautiful” city. “San Francisco is not a beautiful city!” Barkley pushed back. “Rats. Cats…Y’all are not gonna make me like San Francisco. No. Nope, nope, nope, nope.” -via Awful Announcing / January 17, 2025

While appearing on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” on Thursday night, Barkley referred to San Francisco as “rat-infested.”

NBA All-Star Game will be hosted by the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco and Charles Barkley has no interest in attending.

The Inside the NBA crew was back on TNT on Tuesday night, and they got into a heated argument over one of the league's biggest current storylines—Jimmy Butler trying to force the Miami Heat into ...

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Charles Barkley ripped the city of San Francisco during TNT’s “Inside the NBA” on Thursday night. The basketball legend took a shot at the City by the Bay while discussing Pistons star Cade Cunningham’s chances at making his first All-Star team when the game takes place at Chase Center in February.

NBA legend and Inside the NBA host Charles Barkley comments on the current State of TikTok ahead of Kings and Rockets game.

As we get closer to the 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend (Feb.14-16) — the game is Sunday, Feb. 16 at the Chase Center in San Francisco — we look back 35 years ago, when this plucky, talented group of lads led by, my goodness, every single one of these cats wound up in the Hall of Fame.