Barkley a GM? Hall of Famer wants last word

Charles Barkley wants totally control in a management position where he can run his own NBA team. He demands that the team be a winning squad...

From BostonGlobe

After another fun-filled season working for TNT and NBA TV, Charles Barkley hasn’t changed his mind: He wants to be an NBA general manager.

The itch to delve into management has increased for the Hall of Famer and he feels qualified to run his own team. But he has a list of stipulations. Barkley is not going to take over a team that has no intentions of winning.

And the Chuckster wants full control.

“I’m ready to get into management,’’ he said before last night’s game. “But it’s going to have to be a great situation. I’m not going to give up a great situation for a bad situation. I got a great situation here but I’m ready to be a GM. It’s just time for that, but like I said, it’s going to have to be under my own terms and I am going to have to have complete control. I ain’t going to work for somebody else if I am going to get the blame.’‘

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