"Inside the NBA" analyst Charles Barkley had words for colleagues at ESPN for their lack of coverage of the Cleveland Cavs and Oklahoma City Thunder.

Charles Barkley, who will be on 'Inside the NBA' on ESPN next season, called ESPN's on-air talent, in particular Kendrick Perkins, 'idiots' for saying the Lakers saved the NBA season.

And Charles Barkley already has a lock to make the NBA Finals. The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Oklahoma City Thunder have been the top two teams in the league with the best records in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference,

After the Warriors' 121-119 win over the Nets on Thursday night, the always surly Charles Barkley had some thoughts about NBA media coverage.

Charles Barkley had time for Kendrick Perkins and ESPN, ripping the sports network for its favorable Laker and Warriors coverage.

My thing is don’t play with me like that. I am the smoke,” Perkins told me. “I don’t come up with the topics on ESPN and I don’t produce the shows. That’s not my job. My job is to give my

Charles Barkley called out the media, specifically ESPN's Kendrick Perkins, for focusing on the red-hot Lakers, and Perkins has fired back.