Tag: Charles Barkley

Anthony Edwards had the best response when Charles Barkley asked what to eat in Minnesota

Anthony Edwards and Charles Barkley are comedy gold.

After defeating the Nuggets in a wild Game 7, the Timberwolves will officially head to the Western Conference Finals.

Following the improbable comeback win over Denver, Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards appeared on TNT’s postgame coverage of the game. During this exchange with Barkley, the Inside the NBA host said that he had not been to Minnesota in approximately twenty years (which may not be true).

This seemed to excite Edwards, though, who told Barkley to “bring his [expletive]” out there. It was yet another hilarious moment from Edwards, who has now become arguably the funniest player in postgame interviews.

Barkley then asked Edwards one of the most important questions you could possibly ask a basketball player after a series-clinching victory: When I’m in your city, what should I eat?

Edwards said he would find a way to get Barkley’s contact information and would gladly provide a list of recommendations.

In the meanwhile, however, celebrity chef Bobby Flay provided a quick recommendation for once Barkley arrives in Minnesota: Spoon and Stable.

Other fans have jumped in to help Edwards provide Barkley with the best food options for when he is in Minnesota.

But either way, this was a hilarious conversation between two very funny people.

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Charles Barkley is all of us trying to keep Inside The NBA alive with a jinx

Desperate times for Inside The NBA call for desperate measures

You may have heard TNT’s iconic Inside The NBA is in danger of becoming extinct amid the league’s latest round of media rights negotiations.

Well, panic no more, because Charles Barkley guaranteed the show is doomed — in a nod to both his horrible betting advice and the power of reverse jinxes.

On Wednesday night’s show, Barkley casually alluded to overtures from TNT parent company Warner Bros. Discovery that it might not be included in the league’s next broadcast deal as Amazon and NBC look to get in on the action.

It was a blink and you missed it moment, but the internet saw what Charles was doing right away. He’s seriously trying to reverse jinx Inside The NBA’s existence.

Kenny Smith shouting out “The Chuck Parlay!” and declaring that Inside The NBA would be here forever was the ultimate chef’s kiss at the end.

Even if WBD is shutout of the next media rights deal, Inside The NBA isn’t going away immediately. TNT still holds NBA broadcast rights for the 2025 season. But at this point we’re all just hoping it isn’t a farewell tour.

If you believe in Barkley’s luck, the show won’t be going anywhere.

Charles Barkley was so annoyed at the possibility Michael Malone included him on his Nuggets diss track

Charles Barkley has a bone to pick with Michael Malone.

The Denver Nuggets looked completely dead in the water just over a week ago. An embarrassing Game 2 beatdown at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves had folks like Charles Barkley proclaiming Denver would get swept.

Well, heading into Tuesday night’s pivotal Game 5, the series is now tied at 2-2 after Denver took both road games in Minneapolis. And it sure seems like a diss track that Nuggets head coach Michael Malone pieced together really resonated with his team. Any time you feature prominent NBA media personalities doubting your players in public, it’s bound to strike a chord.

Upon realizing that Malone might have actually featured Barkley in said video, the TNT analyst was not happy that his own words and opinion were potentially put on blast by the Nuggets:

To be fair to Barkley, he does make a point.

He, like other TV analysts, mostly diagnoses what information he has. If he’s on the postgame show of a matchup featuring a blowout, he’s probably going to reasonably hedge toward the team that won by many points. And vice versa. He can only operate in the context of the actual games. That doesn’t mean he has to have the strongest possible take or opinion rooted in emotion and the heat of the moment.

But that is, ultimately, what he’s paid to do — give an opinion.

That said, I’m not sure why Barkley seemed so annoyed by this Nuggets diss track possibility. He’s one of the most famous figures in basketball media, period. Everyone’s been taking clips of things he said — right and wrong — for years. What makes Denver using a motivational clip he’ll likely never see any different from all of his other opinions having the spotlight on them?

It’s honestly a fascinating conversation about the nature of sports television, but it’s still not that big of a deal.

Charles Barkley defended coaches Darvin Ham and Frank Vogel with a rant at media ‘cowards’

Charles Barkley called the media cowards for blaming these losses on coaching.

After the Lakers and Suns were both eliminated from the postseason, the job status of head coaches Darvin Ham and Frank Vogel came into question.

Their respective first-round exits concluded Ham’s second season with Los Angeles and Vogel’s first season with Phoenix. Following the losses, reports surfaced that both individuals could get replaced as the head coach of their franchise for next season.

RELATED: Darvin Ham is ‘highly unlikely’ to return as head coach of the Lakers, per reports. Here is why.

This didn’t sit right with TNT’s Charles Barkley, who went on a rant about why the coaches weren’t to blame for either elimination.

Here is what he said:

“A lot of these people on television, they’re cowards. They want the players to like them. They don’t want to do their job, which is to tell the truth. I just want to say this about coaching. Anybody who thinks the Lakers such is because of Darvin Ham or the reason the Suns suck is because of Frank Vogel: You don’t know what you’re talking about. Frank Vogel is a hell of a coach. Darvin Ham is a hell of a coach trying to get his career started. But for all you punks, idiots, and jackasses on other networks who want to be media and want all the players to like ya’ll: Do your damn job. The Lakers suck and the Suns suck because of the players. It has nothing to do with the coaches.”

Barkley concluded that he felt a lot better after his rant, punctuating it by saying that the people who deserve blame are the ones who put these “trash” teams together.

Considering that both coaches may not have power over roster construction, the Inside the NBA co-host is absolutely right in that the major flaws of these teams were likely in the front office.

But a fresh voice in each locker room could potentially change the course of next season and beyond.

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Inside the NBA played Kendrick Lamar’s Euphoria and Charles Barkley and Co. had funny reactions

They’re in the middle of a rap beef now.

The Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef has spilled over into the sports world … sort of.

After Lamar dropped Euphoria, the diss track that had the world buzzing about how badly he ripped on Drake, the folks at Inside the NBA decided to play it on Wednesday night as halftime started between the Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks in their playoff game.

The reaction?

“Y’all putting us in the middle of the rap beef!” remarked Kenny Smith.

Charles Barkley simply added, “Grown-[butt] men.” LOL!

NBA fans noticed and had a bit of a laugh over it on X (formerly Twitter):

 

Charles Barkley apologized to Beyoncé’s mom for roasting her hometown before roasting it again

Barkley simply couldn’t help himself from immediately roasting Galveston again.

During a recent segment on Inside the NBA, TNT’s Charles Barkley went on an all-time rant about the New Orleans Pelicans.

Shaquille O’Neal casually asked Barkley where the Pelicans were headed once they get eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the playoffs.

While he likely assumed that his co-host would just say Cancun in Mexico, Barkley instead said something dramatically different that made everyone on set laugh hysterically.

Barkley said that the Pelicans should just drive to Galveston.

He proceeded to roast the quality of the water on he coastal city in Southeastern Texas.

Barkley may not have thought much about the place he decided to insult before he said it on the air. But someone who did think about it quite a bit was Tina Knowles, whose daughter is Beyoncé.

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Here is what Tina said on Instagram:

“Chuck we don’t play about Galveston Texas ! You better watch it sucker! 😂😂Our water might not be blue , but it is still the beach and we love it! In fact , what you probably don’t Know is It’s an Island !! Yes me and @angiebeyince still rock our BOI necklaces ( Born On The Island) 😂😂😂. Jay sent this to me and Angie B Yesterday ! He asked us if we’re gonna let him talk about our city like that! 😂😂😂All Good @charleswbarkley we got a great laugh. So yal don’t start no S___T”

Knowles said that “we don’t play” about Galveston and that Barkley better watch out.

She also added that she “got a great laugh” about the roast, so it was all in good fun.

Just to be safe, rather than upset the fans of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Barkley offered a formal apology to Knowles.

“Ms. Knowles: I don’t want that smoke. I don’t want the Beehive and Jay after Chuck. Just know that I apologize.”

But when asked by Ernie Johnson how he liked Galveston now, Barkley immediately said we’re not going there.

Instead of wiping the slate clean, he said he would never go on vacation there and that he would rather visit San Antonio.

Barkley simply couldn’t help himself from immediately roasting Galveston again.

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Charles Barkley and Shaq roasted Kendrick Perkins for questioning how much basketball they actually watch

Charles Barkley and Shaq quickly put Kendrick Perkins in his place.

Note to self: Never question the professionalism or acumen of two Hall of Famers on any sort of nationally syndicated program. (Especially if it just seems like you’re pandering to a major media market.)

This is an important lesson ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins apparently needs to learn.

On Monday, the former NBA big man hopped on the Michael Kay Show to discuss the New York Knicks’ upcoming playoff prospects. During his conversation, Perkins called out TNT’s Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal for only watching NBA basketball when their network is broadcasting games. As it pertains to the Knicks specifically, who, again, play in New York, Perkins isn’t convinced the TNT duo has seen much of them:

“It’s obvious (that) they don’t watch basketball,” Perkins said on the Michael Kay Show. “I’m serious. They can’t watch basketball on a consistent basis. The only time they actually probably watch the Knicks is when they’re covering the Knicks on their game nights.”

Hoo boy. That is probably not something Perkins should’ve said about his peers on a public platform. Needless to say, Barkley and O’Neal caught wind of his critique and blasted the former role-player center during TNT’s first broadcast of the 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament.

How? They used the news of Blake Griffin retiring from the league to showcase one of his more famous dunks… on Perkins. Then they quickly made reference to Perkins punching up to two all-time greats out of the blue:

If Perkins’ intent was to ruffle some feathers of fellow national NBA broadcasters, he clearly succeeded. He probably should’ve kept his thoughts to the Knicks, though.

Auburn legend Charles Barkley begrudgingly cheered ‘Roll Tide!’ after Alabama made its first men’s Final Four

Look away, Auburn fans.

If there’s anything an Auburn fan never wants to say, it’s the main slogan for Alabama.

Well, Auburn men’s basketball legend and sports broadcaster Charles Barkley had to metaphorically hold his nose as he gave credit to the Crimson Tide after the team punched its first-ever ticket to men’s Final Four.

Alabama’s 89-82 Elite Eight victory over Clemson on Saturday night was a historic one for the program, especially sweet for the rivalry after Auburn won the 2024 SEC title and got bounced earlier in the NCAA tournament.

Well, Barkley begrudgingly let out a “Roll Tide!” cheer to commend Alabama for its incredible accomplishment, surely to the delight of Crimson Tide fans everywhere.

While Auburn fans might want to zap this video from their memories as fast as possible, Barkley was a good sport for ever so briefly letting Bama have its flowers.

We’ll see how Alabama stacks up against UConn during that Final Four battle next weekend, and if Barkley has to keep praising Alabama’s excellence on the court… or can finally rejoice with all Auburn fans in it being eliminated from the tournament.

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Nate Oats takes shot at Charles Barkley following Alabama’s Sweet 16 win over North Carolina

The second biggest rivalry in the state of Alabama is the one between Nate Oats and Auburn alum Charles Barkley.

When it comes to hoops rivalries within the state of Alabama, The Iron Bowl of Basketball has produced several fierce games in recent memory. Some could argue that the second-biggest rivalry is between Alabama head coach Nate Oats and former Auburn player [autotag]Charles Barkley[/autotag].

As usual, Barkley has talked his share of trash in regards to the Alabama Crimson Tide this March, and Oats usually shares a response. The latest installment of the rivalry took place Thursday evening in Los Angeles following Alabama’s Sweet 16 win over North Carolina.

Prior to Thursday’s game, Barkley said that Alabama needed to shoot well from three-point territory before predicting the Tar Heels to beat Alabama.

“(Alabama is) a very frail team. They can’t handle North Carolina in the post,” Barkley said. “That’s a huge advantage for North Carolina, but Alabama is one of the best 3-point shooting teams in the country.”

Apparently, Oats caught wind of Barkley’s comments and was sure to mention them during his postgame interview with CBS when discussing the performance of Grant Nelson, who scored 24 points in the win.

“Charles Barkley called us frail. I don’t thing (Nelson) was frail tonight,” Oats said postgame.

This is not the first time that Barkley and Oats have delivered jabs to each other since the NCAA Tournament began. Oats poked fun at Barkley’s busted bracket by saying “It’s March Madness, of course Barkley’s bracket is busted, he’s from Auburn.” To which Barkley responded “”Coach Oats, he does a great job,” Barkley said. “I’m going to be rooting for them to lose, I’m not gonna lie.”

Alabama faces Clemson in the Elite Eight on Saturday. Will Barkley get the last laugh by watching Alabama lose?

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Gleeful Alabama coach Nate Oats ripped Charles Barkley’s take on his team being ‘frail’ after North Carolina upset

No, Alabama was not “frail” and Nate Oats let Charles Barkley know it.

Charles Barkley, as we know, is an Auburn alum, but he’s not shown any bias when it comes to talking about Alabama in 2024 March Madness.

He may want his recent comments about the Crimson Tide back after Alabama upset No. 1 seed North Carolina in the Sweet 16.

Earlier in the week, he said this, per AL.com: “They are a very frail team. They can’t handle North Carolina in the post. That’s a huge advantage for North Carolina, but Alabama is one of the best 3-point shooting teams in the country.”

After Alabama won thanks to a huge game from Grant Nelson, head coach Nate Oats had this to say about Nelson right after the game: “Charles Barkley called us frail. I don’t think he was frail tonight.”

He then cited that in the locker room. WHEW: