A free-throw-shooting contest likely would have yielded different results.

You can’t say you’ve fully examined this story until you’ve heard Charles Barkley’s take.

Chuck is pulling double duty this March, providing analysis both for the NBA regular season and NCAA tournament. His hard work is not going unnoticed. It is, however, being trolled.

Michael Jordan turned 50 on Sunday, and a big deal was made by all. It was justified, because he’s Michael Jordan. But today is Charles Barkley’s birthday, and we feel like a big deal should also be made for the greatest man on television, who also happens to be a former damn good basketball player. A tribute to Sir Charles, after the jump.

Former Utah Jazz legend and Hall of Famer Karl Malone joined the Inside The NBA crew on TNT Friday night. He made the most of his visit, revealing to Ernie, Kenny, and the world that that Charles Barkley used to keep Vaseline in his belly button during games. Seriously.

Charles Barkley is a funny guy. But according to Rolling Stone, he’s funny enough to be included in The 50 Funniest People Now. No, but for real though.

Well, he kind of has a point.

It was only a matter of time before someone honest to God deeply speculated why Kevin Garnett (maybe) chose Honey Nut Cheerios to describe the taste of Carmelo Anthony’s wife. Naturally, leave it to Charles Barkley to deconstruct Kevin Garnett’s (alleged) choice cereal so damn literally.

Well, if Charles Barkley truly is in danger of tiring of the Inside the NBA routine, he’s sure doing an admirable job not letting it show on the air. But how could he get bored, when he has a gig where he can let jokes like this fly?

Maybe you’re not like me, and you don’t have such a soft spot for comedy bits where inanimate objects are treated like real people. If not, then I’m not sure what you’ll think of this Charles Barkley/Funny or Die collaboration. But if you do…