Is Charles Barkley leaving Inside the NBA on TNT?
SINCE retiring from the NBA in 2000, Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has been joining post-retirement as a panelist on Inside the NBA on TNT. Barkley is joined by former NBA players Kenny Smith, Shaquille O'Neil and studio host Ernie Johnson on Inside the NBA. During an appearance on 106.7 The Fan's Grants and Danny show, Barkley vowed to leave Inside the NBA once he turns 60 - blaming "politically correct people" and cancel culture. While on the radio show, Barkley also blasted his TNT bosses over the cancel culture, saying, "you can't even have fun nowadays" when covering sports. "You can't even have fun nowadays without these jackasses trying to get you canceled and things like that," Barkley said. "Just having fun, talking about sports. I'm trying to hang on for another couple years until I'm 60, and then they can kiss my a**. I'm only working until 60. I've already told them that. 5 Charles Barkley declared he'll leave TNT once he turns 60 Credit: NBA on TNT  "We can't even have fun anymore. We've had fun all these years, and now all of a sudden in the last year and a half, everybody's trying to get everybody fired, and it really sucks." Barkley said that he and his colleagues' humor usually comes at a point in TNT's basketball coverage that they're trying to make a "crap game" more watchable. "Nobodys watching this game. Our relatives (are) not even watching this show after this," he said. "And then, so about 1 oclock, youre like, Man, Im going to say something just to have some fun. But like I said, now you really have to think about all the fun stuff you used to say. 5 Barkley blamed 'politically correct people' and cancel culture over his frustrations with TNT's censorship content Credit: Reuters  "They're coming for your head, and a lot of our bosses are cowards," the NBA Hall of Famer added. "I said, 'Context matters.' They're like, 'Context doesn't matter.' I said, 'That's total BS. Context always has to matter.' But now, if you crack a joke the wrong way, they're like, 'Oh, no, no, no, no. You crossed a line.'" While on The Grants and Danny show, Barkley revealed his TNT bosses told him to cut out the joking about overweight women. The former NBA great had a running gag on Inside the NBA about the big ol women down in San Antonio until a local news outlet called him out on it. "They wont even let me talk about San Antonio anymore, Barkley said. 5 Barkley revealed his TNT bosses told him to cut out the joking about overweight women Credit: Getty  Theyre like, Charles, we got one lady wrote an article. Im like, First of all, I didnt call anybody personally fat in San Antonio. "I was just joking around and when this one lady wrote this article ... Weve been having fun with this for probably 10, 15 years!  Barkley, who has been open about his own body struggles and was dubbed the Round Mound of Rebound during his NBA playing days, said people in San Antonio have enjoyed the routine. The Milwaukee Bucks blew a 17-point lead in Game 5 of their Semi-Final season series against the Brooklyn Nets. Brooklyn's Kevin Durant exploded for 49 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists in the Nets' 114-108 victory over the Bucks. After the game, Barkley blasted Milwaukee over their Game 5 defeat after a hobbled Brooklyn team was without Kyrie Irving and playing with an injured James Harden in the starting lineup. 5 From left to right, the panelist of Inside the NBA, Shaquille O'Neil, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley Credit: Getty  The NBA Hall of Famer called the Bucks "dumb" for their inability to make adjustments and create easy buckets on the offensive end. "That was embarrassing for basketball," Barkley said. Most read in Sport Live Blog FINLAND 0 RUSSIA 1 Miranchuk puts Russians ahead after Pohjanpalo has goal RULED OUT by VAR Revealed RON THE RECORD Ronaldo breaks SIX records in win v Hungary as he closes in on Daei's tally ALL IN A FIZZ Fans baffled by Ronaldo's Coke snub after pics emerge of him endorsing drink Video HAIT TO SEE IT Watch as Haiti keeper nutmegs himself to gift Canada 'worst own goal ever' STACKED MAC Conor McGregor looks in frightening shape with bulking abs ahead of UFC 264  "To lose that game, to have that  like, you could tell they were gonna lose the game at halftime. . . . When you do dumb stuff and it works, you keep doing dumb stuff. "You sit there  when they were doing dumb stuff in Game 1 and Game 2, you're like, 'Well, that's how they play, Chuck.' They're killing them in the paint, but they're gonna keep jacking up threes just because that's how they play," Barkley said. Game 6 between the Nets and the Bucks will take place on Thursday, May 17, as Brooklyn looks to close out Milwaukee - and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.