Stephen A Smith has no shot to become president, Charles Barkley says

Charles Barkley does not judge ESPN big Stephen A. Smith has a changeable astatine becoming president.

Barkley, 62, responded emphatically erstwhile asked astir Smith’s chances of 1 time sitting successful the Oval Office. 

"Hell no! Come on, halt it." Barkley said during a caller quality connected OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich."

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Charles Barkley during Capital One's The Match IX astatine The Park West Palm connected Feb. 26, 2024, successful West Palm Beach, Florida. (Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images for The Match)

"Hey, hey, Dan, sound it disconnected close now. Stop it. Come connected man, don’t bash that."

Barkley said Smith is simply a person of his and implored him to "stop" entertaining the anticipation of moving for president. 

The Basketball Hall of Famer thinks Smith is connected TV excessively overmuch and that radical could get "sick" of him. 

"I was successful the workplace past nighttime and I saw helium was going to beryllium connected ‘Law & Order’ tonight. I mean helium is already connected ‘General Hospital,’ he’s already connected ‘General Hospital,’ present helium is going to beryllium connected ‘Law & Order’ tonight, and I was conscionable laughing. I was like, ‘Yo man, you are starting to beryllium excessively overmuch close now,’" Barkley said. 

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College hoops expert Charles Barkley connected aerial earlier the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four title game. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

"Like, you are going to beryllium connected CNN, you are going to beryllium connected ‘Fox & Friends,’ present you connected ‘General Hospital,’ present you connected ‘Law & Order,’ I’m like, ‘Yo man, sound it off. Stop being connected each TV show’ due to the fact that astatine immoderate constituent radical are going to get sick of you, and you are going to beryllium like, ‘Yeah I astir apt did excessively much.’ But erstwhile you bash excessively much, it’s excessively precocious and radical don’t instrumentality you serious, and I deliberation he’s got to beryllium cautious successful that aspect."

Barkley said helium wants to beryllium connected TV little and less, due to the fact that "less is more."

"My friends adjacent to maine springiness maine a batch of credit, and I’m not blowing my ain horn, I privation to beryllium connected TV arsenic little arsenic possible, to beryllium honorable with you Dan. That’s wherefore I lone bash a mates commercials a year. I don’t spell connected a clump of shows, little is more, due to the fact that the much you do, the little radical instrumentality you serious. And I don’t consciousness the request to drawback each dime, I don’t consciousness the request to drawback each dime astatine my disposal," Barkley said. 

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Stephen A. Smith successful 2021. (IMAGN)

"I’ve been arguing with my agent, helium said we could bash five-seven commercials a year, I said we are going to bash 2 commercials a year, that’s it. I don’t privation to beryllium connected TV each the time. I get sick of seeing myself bash March Madness, but I don’t privation to beryllium connected TV each the clip and I don’t bash a clump of TV worldly due to the fact that I don’t privation to – radical get sick of you, that’s my fig 1 thing. People volition get sick of you, truthful I don’t privation to beryllium connected TV more, I privation to beryllium connected TV less."

Smith posted to X successful April that helium is "leaving each doors open" regarding the anticipation of moving for president, but said helium "hate(s) the thought of being a politician."

Whether Smith decides to tally for president oregon not, it’s wide that Barkley doesn’t deliberation the ESPN big has a chance. 

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