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[Saba Sports News] Charles Barkley couldn’t resist poking fun at the women of San Antonio yet again during Tuesday’s episode of Inside the NBA.
While watching highlights of the Spurs’ 128-115 win over the Utah Jazz in the NBA Cup, Barkley took aim at Victor Wembanyama’s slender frame with a now-classic quip.
“You know what’s weird about Wemby? He’s like the only person in San Antonio who can’t gain weight,”* Barkley said. *”I don’t understand why this is the only skinny person in San Antonio.”
This is far from the first time Barkley has used the French rookie phenom as a prop for his long-running jokes about San Antonio.
Last season, Barkley humorously predicted that moving to the city would help Wembanyama bulk up.
“Victor Wembanyama will be great in San Antonio. He won’t have to worry about being skinny down there. Hey, Victor, go to San Antonio—they’ll put some weight on you,” he joked.
Barkley appears mildly disappointed that Wembanyama, now listed at 235 pounds, hasn’t gained much weight since arriving in San Antonio. He even brought up Wembanyama’s unfamiliarity with churros last season as a potential reason for the lack of change.
Barkley has a long history of roasting San Antonio women, often referencing churros as part of his shtick. However, he recently admitted that higher-ups at TNT told him to tone down the jokes after receiving complaints.
“They won’t even let me talk about San Antonio anymore,”* Barkley explained. *”I was just joking around, and one lady wrote an article about it. We’ve been having fun with this for 10, 15 years, and the people in San Antonio have always been great sports about it.”
Despite the occasional backlash, Barkley’s humor remains a staple of Inside the NBA. Whether or not his latest comments about Wembanyama draw any reprimands remains to be seen, but for now, it seems Barkley has gotten away with yet another jab at San Antonio.