Charles Barkley says he's retiring after 2024-25 season
Barkley, part of the highly popular, award-winning “Inside the NBA” studio show, said Friday night that the 2024-25 season will be his last with TNT and that he won’t be joining any other network beyond that, either. “I ain’t going nowhere other than TNT,” Barkley said on NBATV following the Dallas Mavericks’ Game 4 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday night. “But I have made the decision that no matter what happens, next year is going to be my last year on television. And I just want to say thank you to my NBA family. You guys have been great to me. My heart is full with joy and gratitude.”Source: ESPN
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CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
NBA Finals: Charles Barkley calls out Celtics for ’embarrassing’ and ‘unprofessional’ performance in Game 4 cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-f… – 10:20 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Charles Barkley plans to retire as TV analyst after 2024-25 NBA season (w/video) #Suns #NBAFinals azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral – 10:03 AM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Charles Barkley announces next season will be his last on television
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Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria
Charles Barkley announces his TV retirement date nj.com/sports/2024/06… – 7:29 AM
Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria
Charles Barkley says that next year will be his last on TV nj.com/sports/2024/06… – 6:59 AM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Will Charles Barkley actually retire after the 2024-25 season? – 5:21 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Charles Barkley: “Next year, I’m just going to retire.” @NBAonTNT
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Ben Golliver @BenGolliver
Story: TNT’s Charles Barkley announces plans to retire in 2025 amid NBA’s ongoing media rights talks @washingtonpost @PostSports washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/06… – 1:28 AM
Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
Dammit. I feared this might happen. I sincerely hope Charles Barkley changes his mind and remains in television in some form or fashion. But if it’s truly the end, he leaves at the top of his game and the best to ever grace a microphone. pic.twitter.com/8ryNK3XJkd – 1:25 AM
Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Charles Barkley says next season will be his last on TV, no matter what happens with NBA media deals apnews.com/article/nba-ba… – 1:08 AM
Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM
Charles Barkley says he’ll retire from TV after 2024-25 espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 1:01 AM
Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi
– I don’t think this is the end of Charles Barkley on TV. He makes far too much money to say whatever he wants, wherever we wants, whenever he wants.
– I do think this is the end of Inside the NBA and the NBA on Turner.
– Next season will be fun to watch.
pic.twitter.com/tVRUoFVEjR – 12:52 AM
CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Charles Barkley says he will retire from TV broadcasting in 2025: ‘I’m going to pass the baton’
cbssports.com/nba/news/charl… – 12:32 AM
Lang Whitaker @langwhitaker
That time @SLAMonline and I somehow were involved in pranking Charles Barkley on an episode of Inside… pic.twitter.com/YYowWYf1nw – 12:22 AM
Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Charles Barkley saying on NBA TV’s postgame that next season will be his last on TV and it will only be for TNT. – 11:54 PM
Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
Charles Barkley announcing his retirement right now live on NBA TV effective the end of the 2024-25 season. – 11:53 PM
Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Just ran into my old running buddy Charles Barkley and his buddy James Haywood. We spent a lot of nights together in Houston and beyond. – 6:26 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Flashback: Charles Barkley, Phoenix Suns outlast Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls in 3OT Game 3 in 1993 #NBAFinals (w/video) #Suns azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral pic.twitter.com/DxwKnBmX11 – 10:51 AM
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“I hope the NBA stays with TNT, but for me personally, I wanted you guys to hear it from me … I wanted to tell my NBATV and TNT family that I’m not going to another network, but I’m going to pass the baton to either Jamal Crawford or Vince Carter or you Steve (Smith),” Barkley said. “But next year, I’m going to just retire after 25 years, and I just wanted to say thank you. And I wanted y’all to hear it from me first.” -via ESPN / June 15, 2024
Kendrick Perkins on Charles Barkley’s comments: “I don’t mind to be a punching bag, I don’t mind that. But don’t call me no damn roach, bro. I ain’t on that. Don’t call me no roach, bro. Come on, dog. That’s the worst of the worst. From another black man to another black man, you can’t never call nobody no roach. You might as well spit in my face. That was raw. We kill roaches in black neighborhoods. Roaches everywhere. Come on, man. As a black man to another black man, you can’t never call nobody no roach. You might as well spit in my face.” -via YouTube / June 13, 2024
“Listen, I wish I had a job next year. I’m on LinkedIn. I put on my resume, [and] they are like, ‘You never had a real job’. I said that’s not my fault.” Charles Barkley jokes about his future at TNT 😂 -via x.com / June 11, 2024
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