The TV future of Charles Barkley clears up. On TNT since 2000, the former Sixers player, Suns and Rockets first announced his television retirement in the summer of 2025 in the event of loss of TV rights on the NBA. Before returning to his decision when his channel saw NBC and Amazon made him the prizes that could interest him.
However, the two channels in question have tried to recruit the Hall of Famer. In vain. “” I inform NBC that I will not accept their offer, I will cancel my next meetings with Amazon. I want to thank NBC […] to have offered me a contract. I want to thank Amazon's guys who were all incredible. But my heart is and will always be with Turner Sports “, he justifies.
While ESPN, too, made him soft eyes, Charles Barkley now hopes for a rapprochement between the two media giants. “” The only thing I am now waiting for between TNT and ESPN … […] I hope this team will unite and that I can stay with TNT and ESPN », He wants.
Logically, that should be the case since the program “Inside The NBA” should switch to ESPN from next season, while remaining produced by the TNT teams.
“” But as I said, everything will be dictated in relation to my workload. I'm not going to work more while I get older. And I'm going to ask myself more with ESPN and TNT because I need to know if I will continue to work. This is my only decision: how much I will have to work “, He thus warns.
