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

Barkley blasted ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins by name, calling him “an idiot and a fool” over a comment he made on NBA Today Wednesday about the Lakers “saving the NBA” by trading for Luka Doncic.

Stephen A. Smith didn’t stay silent for too long after Charles Barkley eviscerated ESPN and, in particular, Kendrick Perkins.

Want all the smoke. Love it. Barkley then criticized ESPN for focusing too heavily on the Lakers, while neglecting teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are excelling in their respective conferences.

Former NBA players-turned-analysts Charles Barkley and Kendrick Perkins are trading public insults at each other this week.

Kendrick Perkins didn't like what Charles Barkley said about him on TNT's 'Inside the NBA,' so he fired back at him, shouting out his Beaumont roots.

Kendrick Perkins responded to Charles Barkley again on Thursday night amid a beef that has brewed between them. Perkins said earlier this week that the