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Charles Barkley took a boatload of money to stay with TNT
Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal aren’t changing TV roofs, with the New York Post revealing the former can raise as much as $200 million in a decade.
In his basketball playing career, a great basketball player to be precise, Charles Barkley earned nearly $41 million from 1984-2000. As an Inside The NBA analyst, the veteran superstar is making much, much more, as the New York Post revealed Monday (10/17) that his new 10-year contract with TNT could be worth as much as $200 million.
Barkley turns 60 in February, he’s said he’ll retire at that age and enjoy life away from everything and everyone, but he’s got huge endowments and doesn’t seem ready for that much, at least for now putting money on the table. Along with Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal also signed new contracts without specific amounts being reported in their own cases.
Source: sport 24
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