[From ESPN]
The most interesting potential free agent target in the NBA may be a 61-year-old who retired nearly 25 years ago.
TNT Sports analyst Charles Barkley told The Athletic on Friday that he would listen to NBA partners ESPN, NBC and Amazon if the remainder of his current 10-year contract with the cable network is not honored. TNT Sports lost out on the NBA in the league's recently announced new 11-year, $76 billion rights agreement.
"My deal is 10 years, $210 million," Barkley told The Athletic. "[TNT Sports] has to come to me ASAP and they have to guarantee my whole thing or they can offer me a pay cut, which there is no chance of that happening and I'll be (a) free agent.
"My thing was, 'Wait, y'all f- up, I didn't f- up, why do I have to take a pay cut?'"
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