Charles Barkley and Kendrick Perkins have had a heated debate over Luca Doncic's trade and its impact on the NBA. Barkley cited the need to focus on teams like the Cavaliers and Thunder ...

Charles Barkley isn’t a talking head on ESPN yet. That will happen next year, when TNT’s popular “Inside the NBA” studio show — which stars Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith as ...

Young athletes have been known to blow through their first big paycheck. Former NBA star Charles Barkley almost did, too — until Michael Jordan gave him one life-changing financial tip.

Some are making the most of this opportunity, as one player managed to join Charles Barkley in franchise history. Coming off ...

Charles Barkley laid into his future co-workers Thursday when he went off on ESPN analysts for the way they’ve been covering the NBA this season. Barkley first singled out Kendrick Perkins ...

The Lakers have broken brains since trading for Luka Doncic, and two people who cannot land on the same page are Charles Barkley and Kendrick Perkins. Barkley (who works for TNT) and Perkins (who ...

Matt Levine works as a contributing writer for Newsweek based in California. His expertise is in covering the NBA but he also covers multiple other sports. He has been with Newsweek since 2024.

“Inside the NBA” host Charles Barkley is one of, if not the most respected NBA analysts in the business. So, when Barkley takes issue with something NBA-related, people tend to liste ...

"You got them fools up in Canada giving ‘The Great One’ a hard time," Barkley said during a segment on Thursday’s "Inside the NBA." "Wayne Gretzky is the greatest hockey player ever.

And Charles Barkley already has a lock to make the NBA Finals. The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Oklahoma City Thunder have been the top two teams in the league with the best records in the Eastern ...

Stephen A. Smith didn’t stay silent for too long after Charles Barkley eviscerated ESPN and, in particular, Kendrick Perkins. Perkins responded to the quips about him, but Smith also felt the ...