While there hasn’t been a lot of talk about Charles Barkley during the 2024-25 NBA season, the turn of the calendar to 2025 gave Barkley a reason to get fired up: Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick. Recently,

Charles Barkley was not a fan of JJ Redick's comments on the NBA ratings discourse — comments that took aim at the league's television partners, which includes Sir Charles' employers, TNT. During Thursday's edition of "Inside the NBA," Barkley unloaded on Redick as host Ernie Johnson tried to steer the conversation back to highlights.

It didn't matter that "Inside The NBA" was showing highlights from the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves. Charles Barkley went in on Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick anyway.

Charles Barkley called JJ Redick a "dead man walking" and that the rookie coach is putting lipstick on a pig that is the middling sixth-seed Lakers on Inside the NBA.

The guys discuss Charles Barkley talking about JJ Redick criticizing the NBA media. ‘It’s like a utopia’: Young people in China are escaping the rat race by fleeing to ‘youth retirement villages’ — mirroring quiet quitting in America.

NBA Hall of Famer and analyst Charles Barkley criticized Lakers coach JJ Redick for his remarks about the reasons behind the NBA's declining viewership. A few weeks ago, Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick sparked debate by blaming social media analysts and television coverage for their role in the NBA’s declining viewership in recent years.

While criticizing JJ Redick's comments about NBA viewership, Charles Barkley accidentally supported his point.

The discussion on the NBA's ratings and the evolution of the sport has tapered after strong performances on Christmas Day, but a war of words between two former players is reginiting the conversation.