


Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-Arizona Republicīarkley said he's only met Sarver "a few times" and that the team owner has always treated him "cordially." Later in the show, Barkley made a point to say those who are mistreated at work need to speak up at the moment of the incident. "You can't be saying, nah, I need my job," Barkley continued. "Nobody should work in a hostile environment. I mean, when you hear these stories, you're like, who would let somebody talk to them like that in a job situation? Like I don't care how much money TNT or when I played in the NBA, listen, if I played for the Phoenix Suns and that dude said some of the stuff that's being alleged, I would've punched him in the face right there on the spot." Charles Barkley’s wife is Maureen Blumhardt.

She was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, on January 15, 1960. There isn’t too much information about her family and background, but we know she had her high school education in her local town in Arizona. Shaquille O'Neal, who played 1½ seasons with the Suns (2007-09) said he never had a problem with Sarver, but "never imagined" the allegations of a "toxic" work environment were taking place within the Suns organization under Sarver. "I'm sure people that's been working there longer than me have more and better stories," O'Neal said. Ilya Hoffman, Charles Barkley's newly-minted son-in-law, only knew of the Basketball Hall of Famer and legendary commentator through Sir Charles' appearance in the hit 1996 film 'Space Jam' before. Charles Barkley played 16 seasons for the 76ers, Suns and Rockets. Besides being Charles Barkley’s wife for around 30 years, Maureen is a beautiful, successful woman, known particularly for her interest in helping underprivileged women and children, being engaged in several projects and charity associations with this goal. "I was only there a year and half, he was nice to me, his family was nice to me, but when you have allegations of this magnitude, an investigation has to be done. He married Maureen Blumhardt, an ex-model, in 1989. This has led many to believe that Charles’ life revolves around basketball. I don’t think they gave up anything special to get Donovan and will be a really good team and it’s going to be an exciting year in the NBA.He averaged 22.1 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 1073 regular-season games. But the wife of Charles Barkley is a very private woman. He’s a very good player and I like the deal for the Cavaliers. “You can’t give away everything for a guy. “I give them credit,” the TNT analyst said. Getty Images My number one priority is to be fair to Turner and my sponsors, to be honest with you, Barkley said. William Wesley at the 2022 NBA Draft Lottery NBAE via Getty Images Charles Barkley at the 2022 NBA All-Star Game NBAE via Getty Images Charles Barkley playing in the LIV Golf pro-am on July 28, 2022. Cleveland sent Collin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen, Ochai Agbaji, three unprotected first-round picks in 2025, 20 and two pick swaps in 20 back to the Jazz in the deal.īefore Mitchell was dealt to Cleveland, the Knicks signed emerging guard RJ Barrett to an extension that all but removed him from the trade talks with the Jazz.īarkley said it’s unlike the Knicks to be patient. The Knicks were long considered the favorites to land Mitchell, 26, in a trade before the Cavaliers swooped in last week to acquire the All-Star guard. Subsequently, an SNY report stated it rankled Jazz officials. It should be noted Wesley, the former CAA liaison and backroom dealer, was front and center at Game 1 of the Jazz-Mavericks playoff game in Dallas with a Knicks contingent. I was not going to give them…we wanted the deal obviously but they were just trying to rip somebody off. We had to pass on it.’” They wanted my wife, my kids, my grandkids. “I’m going to give you inside information,” Barkley said, before relaying his conversation with Wesley. Donovan Mitchell was traded to the Cavaliers AP The Post reported he eventually wanted four unprotected draft selections to send Mitchell to his hometown team. It’s been reported Ainge initially asked for seven first round picks from the Knicks. Charles Barkley praised the Knicks for showing restraint in the Donovan Mitchell trade talks, citing a dinner he had with Knicks senior VP William Wesley on Thursday.īarkley told SiriusXM Radio that Jazz president Danny Ainge was trying to pull a New York City heist.
