Stephen A Smith not buying Charles Barkley's retirement: 'I just think he's p---ed off'

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Charles Barkley calling it quits? Not so fast.

One of his fellow media moguls isn't quite buying it – in fact, Stephen A. Smith said it's just a quick reaction to the TNT and NBA television coverage dilemma.

"I’m not in any way calling Charles Barkley a liar. I think that Charles Barkley is very sincere. I just don’t think it’s gonna happen. I don’t think Charles Barkley is leaving," Smith said on his podcast earlier this week.

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Stephen A. Smith thinks Charles Barkley isn't retiring like he says he is. (Getty Images)

TNT is on the verge of losing out on the NBA after nearly four decades of coverage, and Barkley's criticism of TNT's big wigs has been loud.

"That is the Charles Barkley you’re hearing right now. A Charles Barkley that loves the people he works with. That loves a lot of the bosses he worked for. That loves some of the colleagues he worked with on the air and behind the scenes. It’s a family over there to him. And he can’t imagine wanting to be somewhere else, working with or for somebody else while those people are looking for a job…" Smith continued.

"I’m not saying he’s lying. I’m saying, don’t believe he’s gone for good. Don’t believe it. I don’t believe it for one second," he quipped. "His voice is too powerful. It’s too influential, it’s too enjoyable. And he loves the game of basketball too much. He ain’t 80! He’s still got a lot of life left in him. So I don’t think for one second this is gonna be the end. I just think he’s p----d off at the way colleagues at TNT are being thrown out to pasture."

Charles Barkley during Capital One's The Match IX at The Park West