5 things (NHL!) Charles Barkley can still do with TNT when Inside the NBA leaves the network

To absolutely no one’s surprise, it looks like Charles Barkley is actually isn’t going to retire like he said he was.

Barkley was clearly frustrated with how TNT’s negotiations with the NBA were going. For months, he addressed his concerns about the future of the partnership both on and off the record. His telling us that he was retiring felt like something between a lash-out in frustration about the situation and a shrewd negotiating tactic.

But, the reality is he was almost certainly never going to leave.