As the young players continue to improve and push the team into contender status, the Houston Rockets are going to be featured on national TV more often. Someone better get Charles Barkley a pronunciation guide.

With TNT losing its media rights package with the NBA, many have wondered about what the future holds for Barkley.

Barkley has served as a studio analyst for TNT since 2000, but is waiting on TNT and ESPN to determine his workload.

I want to talk about my future, because there's been a lot of stuff going on, I hear, about my future and I want to make everything perfectly clear. I'm informing NBC that I will not accept their offer.

Charles Barkley has long been one of the most recognizable voices in the NBA landscape, thanks to the excellent work he does with “Inside the NBA.” However, for the better part of a year now, rumors have been circulating about the show and its constituents.

Former NBA player Charles Barkley recently discussed his future in television as NBA media rights transition away from TNT