Charles Barkley agreed to a new deal with TNT to remain in broadcasting after he was unable to get offered a job working for a team's front office.
“Number one, I didn’t get the [NBA] GM job opportunity that I was hoping for,” Barkley said. “I’ve always said I have a great job. But I’ve also always said I wanted to be a GM but that did not happen. So when these guys re-signed, I didn’t want to be an awkward situation have them worried about what they will do next year. They told me they were all coming back and that kind of put me under the gun a bit. As much as love working for Turner, that would have been a very unfair for me to do. So now I get to criticize GMs on television.”
Barkley is widely considered the most valuable studio analyst for the NBA.