One downside of this however, is the aforementioned quote from Barkley. It seems as though the Suns legend has never truly gotten a chance to emote and let go of his emotions to his loved ones out of fear of them seeing him be vulnerable.

Charles Barkley ripped the city of San Francisco during TNT’s “Inside the NBA” on Thursday night. The basketball legend took a shot at the City by the Bay while discussing Pistons star Cade Cunningham’s chances at making his first All-Star team when the game takes place at Chase Center in February.

Setting his children up to find their own success, not just benefit from his, is a key motivator in Cuban’s parenting style.

The NBA All-Star teams were announced on Thursday night. The game's biggest stars made the game as usual, including Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James and Milwaukee Bucks sensation Giannis Antetokounmpo . A total of 24 players made the cut, 12 from each the Western and Eastern Conference.

The reigning rookie of the year is an NBA All-Star for the first time, with the 21-year-old from France one of the 14 players announced Thursday night as members of the reserve pool for the midseason exhibition that will take place Feb. 16 at the home of the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.

Wembanyama becomes only the fourth Spurs player to make the All-Star Game in his first or second season. The others: Alvin Robertson in 1986, David Robinson in 1990 and 1991, and Tim Duncan in 1998.

Jaylen Brown joined Celtics teammate Jayson Tatum as an Eastern Conference All-Star on Thursday night with the wing selected as a reserve by NBA coaches. It is the fourth All-Star selection for Brown over the last five seasons.

The Thunder split their four games since beating Cleveland in a rematch of the league’s top two teams. They’ll likely get back on track Sunday at Portland after a rare home loss to Dallas in the second of a back-to-back. OKC is 20-3 at home.

Jayson Tatum will spearhead the Boston Celtics' efforts to assert their dominance against the Dallas Mavericks heading into Saturday's game.

James now has two more All-Star selections than anyone else in NBA history (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a 19-time pick) and is three years clear of anyone else for the longest streak of consecutive

LeBron James is extending his All-Star records. The NBA revealed the starters — some of them, anyway — for the revamped All-Star Game on Thursday night, and there wasn’t much in the way of surprises.