Charles Barkley will join the ESPN stable of talent next season. He does not appear to be interested in making friends while he's there.
The Hall of Famer laid into his future coworkers with a lengthy rant during "Inside the NBA" on Thursday, starting with a direct shot at Kendrick Perkins before broadening it to ESPN's partiality to the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors, then brought up the LeBron James-Michael Jordan debate for good measure.
The impetus was Perkins saying the Lakers, with their trade for Luka Donu010diu0107 and subsequent seven-game winning streak, were "saving the NBA.