“First of all, I want all the smoke,” said Charles Barkley during his latest rant, trashing ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins. Well, now the smoke seemed to have engulfed his house after Stephen A. Smith budged in. The interesting catch here is, all of them will be working in the same office for the next season. So, that’s a great start. After working in the broadcasting business for over two decades, Chuck does know what he was talking about, but Smith took offense to it.
Before we get into the details, let’s see what really sparked the fire. The Phoenix Suns legend didn’t hesitate before dropping a tag on Perkins. “He an idiot and a fool, he know who he is. Kendrick Perkins….the fools on the other network (ESPN), which we’re going to be working for next year,” said the 62-year-old criticizing the legacy network’s NBA coverage.
Charles Barkley seemed deeply affected by this particular phrase “Lakers saved the NBA season” that Kendrick Perkins supposedly uttered on Live TV. Moreover, he didn’t just stop at Perkins but also generalized ESPN’s coverage saying, “Y’all just want to talk about the Warriors and the Lakers.” And, this generalization didn’t set well with Stephen A. Smith.
The veteran analyst took to his X handle, reshared Chuck’s rant and wrote, “Yo Chuck, stop the b.s. with the “y’all.” Attach a name to it. I know I’ve been talking about @cavs being the No.1 threat to the @Celtics. Once you come over here, there’s gonna be some folks waiting to call YOU a fool. P.S. You know I love ya, though. See y’all soon.”
Yo Chuck, stop the b.s. with the “y’all.” Attach a name to it. I know I’ve been talking about @cavs being the No.1 threat to the @Celtics. Once you come over here, there’s gonna be some folks waiting to call YOU a fool. P.S. You know I love ya, though. See y’all soon. Yo… https://t.co/8PbBWVRlim
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) March 7, 2025
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