“I don’t want to die on TV. I want to die on the golf course or somewhere fishing. I don’t want to be sitting inside over [by] fat-ass Shaq [waiting] to drop dead,” said NBA Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley of his tenure on TNT’s Emmy-winning Inside the NBA.Barkley made the statement on a call with reporters today ahead of the NBA All-Star Game, which the network will broadcast this Sunday at 7 p.m.
ET. His comments were first reported by the Dallas Morning News’ Brad Townsend.Asked about when he might retire, the 59-year-old Barkley said that after the has two years left on his contract “that’s probably going to be it for me.“It’s been a great, great thing.
I love Ernie, Kenny, Shaq and everybody we work with. But I just don’t feel the need to work until the day I die. I don’t, man.
I’ll be 61 years old if I finish out my contract.At the end of the call, Barkley was asked how much longer he'll continue to be a broadcaster.
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