reached a buyout agreement to make Bayless’s FS1 sparring partner a free agent after the NBA Finals. Perhaps sour over the fact that his summer vacation was delayed by having to be in Denver to cover the NBA Finals for NBA TV, Barkley seemed enticed by the prospect of a buyout.
While attempting to build a case for a buyout from his reported $200 million contract, Barkley simultaneously gave Bleacher Report a pop and took a shot at Bayless. “I don’t do social media, so I get all my information off Bleacher Report.
I read an article today. If you work with a damn idiot, they’ll buy you out,” Barkley said as he glanced around the room to make sure everyone caught the not-so-subtle joke. “I’m saying, I read it. ”“Chuck.
Chuck. Stop,” Shaq said while laughing in the background. “Shaq, it’s not you,” Barkley insisted, also adding that it’s also not his NBA TV co-hosts Matt Winer or Grant Hill. “It’s not Ernie [Johnson].
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