TNT Sports has agreed to produce 'Inside The NBA' while it airs on ESPN/ABC, but Charles Barkley felt disrespected after not being told about the major changes.

If I was going to trade somebody that I had respect for and appreciate, I would at least give them a heads up.'

For Charles Barkley, learning the new fate of “Inside the NBA” was as if he was a player who found out he had been traded when it was reported in the media. On a Saturday night earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal broke the news that TNT had struck a deal to license the iconic studio show to ESPN.

I'm not sure we could handle Barkley and Smith together. After cancellation reports swirled around Inside the NBA, the long-running TNT talk show received some good news early in November. The Warner Bros.

Charles Barkley vented his frustration with how TNT handled the ESPN licensing deal, revealing that the crew was completely left in the dark.

Many NBA fans are worried about how "Inside the NBA" could change after the show moves to ESPN, and it sounds like Charles Barkley shares some of those

Inside The NBA' star, Charles Barkley, doesn't believe the ridiculous start time of the production crew before their show.

Unless you have been living under a rock, you should know that Charles Barkley is not afraid to speak his mind. And that includes talking poorly of his own employer, which has become more of a frequent occasion amid the uncertainty around the ‘Inside the NBA’ program.