Charles Barkley Claims He Will Refuse to Attend NBA All-Star Game Because It's in SF, Though He Absolutely Will Be Here

I'm not going. I'm not going to that rat-infested place out in San Francisco... San Francisco is not a beautiful city.

If he don't make the All-Star team, I'm not going. I'm not going to that rat-infested place out in San Francisco.

Any other broadcaster would be fired in a hot minute for expressing on-air their desire to not work ... but Barkley is allowed to do this, because it is hilarious.

This is being interpreted as a legitimate boycott threat by some easily duped media outlets, but that's misinterpreting what Barkley said.

Read at sfist.com