In the first edition of Inside the NBA for the 2022-23 season, the show was exactly as left it last year: making fun of Charles Barkley.
The show has created an annual segment called “Who He Play For” in which Barkley is challenged to name the new homes of current NBA players. Barkley, as expected, hasn’t exactly memorized all the of NBA rosters yet.
Barkley missed all five of his tried which prompted fellow analyst Kenny Smith to chime in a solid reference to Barkley’s latest contract and his astute analysis.
“A guy just got paid a lot of money and he doesn’t know who people play for.”
It wasn’t the only reference to Barkley’s new contract on the broadcast. Shaq called him “Chuckie 200” while Ernie Johnson said that Barkley was sweating because he was carrying a heavy wallet.
