Charles Barkley Wants The NBA To Do Something About ‘Players And Agents Colluding’

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It’s been a crazy week in the NBA world and, in fitting fashion, TNT’s Inside The NBA crew had the stage on Thursday to address everything that transpired. To make things even more interesting, the show led off by announcing the rosters for the 2019 All-Star Game but, once the stage cleared, Charles Barkley did what only Charles Barkley can do in making quite a statement about player movement in the league.

Using the Anthony Davis saga as the backdrop, Barkley waxed poetic on what he believes to be a situation that includes “players and agents colluding” in the NBA.


Barkley is far from the only person to express skepticism with the way the Davis situation is unfolding and, while he makes a broader point here, that seems to be the starting place. Barkley goes on to share his belief that agents and players “are stacking the teams” and that he believes it goes well beyond a situation in which players are simply trying to join forces somewhere along the way.

During another part of the segment, Barkley also asserted that Rich Paul, the agent for both Davis and LeBron James, is currently upset with him for suggesting collusion regarding the Lakers.

More than almost anyone, Barkley commands an audience when he shares his opinion on the league, even when his views seem off the wall. This time around, though, he isn’t on an island and a lot of people seem to agree that something very different is happening here.

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