Johnson quickly urged Barkley to stop and just focus on the highlights. Kenny Smith, meanwhile, chimed in to claim San Francisco is a “beautiful” city. “San Francisco is not a beautiful city!” Barkley pushed back. “Rats. Cats…Y’all are not gonna make me like San Francisco. No. Nope, nope, nope, nope.” -via Awful Announcing / January 17, 2025

NBA All-Star Game will be hosted by the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco and Charles Barkley has no interest in attending.

Charles Barkley made it abundantly clear this week that he's not a huge fan of the host city for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. During this Thursday's edition of "Inside the NBA," Barkley and the crew were going over highlights when he gave a shoutout to Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham.

The 74th edition of NBA All-Star game is exactly one month away which will take place from the Chase Center in San Francisco, CA. Voting for players to represent their teams at this year's event will conclude in four days on January 20th.

LaMelo Ball and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander remain the leaders at guard in the East & West, with Antetokounmpo and Jokić as the top overall voting leaders.