Could Charles Barkley walk away from Inside the NBA in two years?
There are times Inside the NBA is brilliant  their barbershop style joking/ribbing conversation gives the show an unmatched flow  even if the old mens basketball analysis tends toward get off my lawn and the desire to see everyone post up like its 1995. But, its also still one of the most watched, most influential NBA shows. From an appearance this week on 106.7 The Fan in Washington D.C., via Jimmy Traina of Sports Illustrated:  You cant even have fun nowadays without these characters trying to get you canceled and things like that. Im trying to hang on for another couple of years until Im 60 and then they can kiss my ass. Im only working until 60. Ive already told them that. Im not working until the day I die. Thats just stupid. And if I dont have enough money by now, Im an idiot, anyway. They should fire me, anyway. Thats all we ever talk about behind the scenes like, Yo, man, be careful going in this direction. Im like, Yo, man, we cant even have fun anymore. Weve had fun all these years and now all of a sudden in the last year and a half, everybody is trying to get everybody fired and it really sucks.  Charles Barkley is currently 58, and if hes serious and going to follow through on the age 60 thing, then its a couple more years. The unfiltered nature of the conversation on Inside the NBA is what makes it work, but this is not an unfiltered world anymore (and thats not a bad thing). More than age, it feels like Barkley would walk away if hes not having fun anymore, and maybe he isnt having as much fun as he used to. But thats still a big check and a big microphone to walk away from.