Barkley Archives - uSports.org https://usports.org/tag/barkley/ Sports News & Views Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:57:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Charles Barkley Speaks Out About Fatal Minneapolis Shooting: ‘People Need To Step Up & Be Adults’ https://usports.org/charles-barkley-speaks-out-about-fatal-minneapolis-shooting-people-need-to-step-up-be-adults/ https://usports.org/charles-barkley-speaks-out-about-fatal-minneapolis-shooting-people-need-to-step-up-be-adults/#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:57:43 +0000 https://usports.org/?p=216047 GLENDALE, ARIZONA - APRIL 06: TNT basketball analyst Charles Barkley on air before the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the North Carolina State Wolfpack at State Farm Stadium on April 06, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
On Saturday, the NBA announced that it would be postponing the game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors following another federal officer fatally shooting someone. Inside the NBA member and former NBA MVP Charles Barkley spoke up about these horrific acts in Minneapolis. Barkley said, “people need to step up and be adults,” […]

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GLENDALE, ARIZONA - APRIL 06: TNT basketball analyst Charles Barkley on air before the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the North Carolina State Wolfpack at State Farm Stadium on April 06, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

On Saturday, the NBA announced that it would be postponing the game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors following another federal officer fatally shooting someone. Inside the NBA member and former NBA MVP Charles Barkley spoke up about these horrific acts in Minneapolis.

Barkley said, “people need to step up and be adults,” referring to Federal ICE Agents being deployed to Minnesota and fatally shooting two people. Barkley added, “Two people have died for no reason,” and that it is “sad” and “scary.”

Barkley is referring to Alex Pretti and Renee Good, two victims of the ICE shootings. Things are “going to end badly, it’s already ended badly twice,” Barkley said on Inside the NBA.

This comes in the wake of NBA players speaking out about what is currently happening in Minneapolis and across the country. Indiana Pacers star point guard Tyrese Haliburton went to X to voice his frustrations, stating, “Alex Pretti was murdered.”

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama also spoke to the media. “Every day I wake up and see the news, I’m horrified,” Wembanyama said.

The NBA wanted to “prioritize the safety and security of the Minneapolis community, as the Timberwolves versus Warriors game was rescheduled to January 25.

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