Charles Barkley made a brutal LinkedIn joke as Inside the NBA’s future remains up in the air

The possibility that Inside the NBA on TNT will no longer exist soon is starting to feel more and more like reality.

As the NBA conducts new broadcast negotiations, Charles Barkley himself has maintained he is “concerned” about the future of the program he’s spent over two decades on as a commentator. It’s to the point where he’s even made jokes (and jinxes) about what might come.

Barkley’s not done finding humor in this potentially unfortunate situation.

On Sunday night, as host Ernie Johnson talked about the NBA’s upcoming awards schedule, Barkley joked that he would need to spend time on job site LinkedIn (for obvious reasons) rather than be around for further announcements:

Charles Barkley once again jokes about Inside the NBA potentially coming to an end if TNT loses its broadcast rights to the NBA, which got some laughs out of Kenny Smith.

"Wait, 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon? We're not doing that are we? Because I'm gonna be on LinkedIn tomorrow… pic.twitter.com/4NHYuXplu0

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 20, 2024

OK, that’s too funny. Beyond the premise of someone like Barkley actually using LinkedIn, the fact that he’s even making this connection on live television is absolute gold. Whatever happens to Inside the NBA moving forward, it’s nice to see Barkley and Co. hamming it up as they can.