On Thursday, the Sacramento Kings hosted the Houston Rockets for the second game of TNT’s double-header. During halftime of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s dominant win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first game,

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

‘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.

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

The Sacramento Kings hosted the Houston Rockets for the second game of TNT's double-header on Thursday. During halftime of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s blow out of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first game of the evening, TNT showed stars Alperen Sengun and De'Aaron Fox arriving for the late game.

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,

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.

Stephen A. Smith, TV personality, analyst, and host of First Take and The Stephen A. Smith Show chimed in on Redick-Barkley feud, echoing Barkley's opinions about the NBA.

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

When guys deserve to be criticized, they criticize you. Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Ernie Johnson [and] Shaquille O’Neal are exceptional. They’re Emmy award winners, they’re the A-listers.

Charles Barkley made it abundantly clear this week that he's not a huge fan of the host city for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. During this Thursday's edition of "Inside the NBA," Barkley and the crew were going over highlights when he gave a shoutout to Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham.

The Golden State Warriors are preparing to host the 2025 NBA All-Star Game at the Chase Center in San Francisco next month, but at least one basketball legend is not looking forward to the event. During a segment of “Inside the NBA“ on Thursday,