In February, Charles Barkley had hinted that he could well leave the sets at the end of his current contract with TNT. “It will probably be the end for me”had slipped the consultant.
Finally, and despite the interest of the LIV Golf circuit, a few months later, the former Phoenix player announced that he was continuing on the airwaves of the American channel until 2025.
How far away the time of doubts and retirement seems since we are now learning, via the New York Post, that the 1993 MVP extended his ten-year adventure with TNT! And for a total salary that would exceed 100 million dollars and could even approach 200 million.
“We are like a big family. I wouldn’t be here without them.” said “Sir Charles”. “I’m not going to lie, it’s a life-changing contract. I am blessed to be able to make a living doing television. »
This is another increase for the 1992 Olympic champion, paid 10 million dollars a season with his current contract. Additionally, if Turner were to lose NBA rights in the next deal, Charles Barkley could join another channel to continue consulting.
He who said he did not want die on television, nor be “sitting next to Shaq’s fat ass waiting to die” will therefore continue with Shaquille O’Neal and the team of “Inside The NBA”, also extended.
The former Lakers and Heat pivot already had a long-term contract, but presenter Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith have also, like Barkley, renewed their commitment to TNT for several years.
