Charles Barkley has never been one to sugarcoat his opinions, and his latest appearance proves the Hall of Famer hasn’t lost his edge. On an episode of The Kittle Things, a short clip—already making the rounds online—captured Barkley in his trademark blunt form.

Kawhi Leonard has long been at the center of the load management debate, with an injury history that has forced him to miss significant stretches while still returning to elite form in spurts. His situation raises the larger question of whether strategic rest truly preserves health or undermines it—a question Barkley doesn’t shy away from pressing. And because those concerns overlap with ongoing conversations about season length raised by coaches like Steve Kerr, Barkley’s message lands with more weight than it might coming from a

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