Charles Barkley will not retire and instead remain with TNT Sports even after it loses the NBA following this upcoming season, TNT announced Tuesday.
Barkley will continue on his 10-year, $210 million contract. He is in the third season of the deal.
“I love my TNT Sports family. My #1 priority has been and always will be our people and keeping everyone together for as long as possible,” Barkley said in a statement.
by NokCha_
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hold up, what
inside the nhl with lefkoe and barkley 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Get Chuck on the NHL panel ASAP
I think his number one priority is keeping that 210 million
Must have realized he wasn’t going to get paid out if he didn’t continue
I give it maybe 2-3 years before TNT has no idea what to do with him and either buys him out because that contract is utterly ridiculous OR sells his contract to Amazon (which idk if they can legally do but hey, why not just throw it out there for fun!).
To me this is just Warner saving face as they want it to seem like they are not completely cracking from the inside. Don’t forget they still host The Match, March Madness, AEW, MLB Playoffs and NHL Playoffs. They need to come out of this NBA debacle looking strong or else one of these other sporting organizations may also look for a TV change when their contract is up.
Chuck gonna be on TBS baseball with Pedro Martinez
Gonna enjoy the Chuckster calling March Madness games
Summer 2025: “I’m retiring next year”
“Erneh, can we skip the baseball highlights and just go straight to Shaqtin”
He saw Snoop living his best life in Paris and said I want that
Odd question but does TNT need any NBA rights to discuss the game? Like can they still do the pregame/halftime/postgame show and interview players without actually hosting the game itself?
All ya all that thought Charles Barkley would leave money larger than his NBA career earnings on the table and retire are naive as fuck. Who gives who 200 million dollars to hangout and chill in a studio…
Because money
And this is why every NBA player suddenly wants to be in the media after they retire. A few million to talk a few nights a week sounds like a dream.
They probably told him he can’t just leave and still expect to get (all) his money; probably some writing in the contract that he’s signed on to report more than *just* NBA basketball.
Obligatory “Zaslav is a fucking idiot”, because that’s how you end up paying someone $21m/yr to do anything other than the one thing everyone loves him for, and likely see ratings decline to the point you buy said person (and the rest of the crew) out in a couple years anyway.
They should’ve just let him move to NBC or Amazon (along with the rest of the crew) for a fee, and everyone would be happy. WB/Disc. gets *some* money (and doesn’t have to waste $210m + everyone elses contracts), NBC or Amazon get better crews to start with again, and fans are happy.
Listen, Chuck can do whatever he wants, and sit in on whatever sport he wants. Just having him there will make the broadcast 10x more entertaining. Have him help save the NHL, have him do golf. TNT are the morons to give him a 10yr deal before locking up the NBA longterm, now they have to find value in this contract they are locked into.
Is this gonna be that post-Top Gear, post-GT era where Charles, Shaq, and Kenny just get paid to be guys doing stuff?
Am I crazy or is this just Charles and TNT working together to make sure one of the other networks buys out Charles for a large figure and signs him to a similar number.
Chuck on AEW
Charles about to be on AEW Dynamite
Put him on AEW
Looking forward to hearing Chuck on the call with Excalibur and Tony Schiavone on AEW Dynamite.
“Taz, you think Excalibers wife makes him wear that mask when they have sex?”
Bro is about to be commentating AEW
and do what exactly?
hahaha, dude was trying to pull a moral stance or somethin but realized he couldn’t get the bag
Barkley earning more now than when he played.