Charles Barkley has been quite candid over the years about his propensity to gamble in his personal life. But on Friday, Barkley declared that he was willing to gamble on the results of the 2025 NBA Finals with his body on the line.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, KOCO News 5, an ABC affiliate in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, reported on a local tattoo artist, Taylor Freeman, who has been doing free tattoos throughout the 2025 NBA Playoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n After each round of the postseason, Freeman has done a select number of free tattoos for customers entering his store in celebration of the Oklahoma City Thunder advancing past each round, doing 100 in the first round, 200 in the second round, and 300 in the Western Conference Finals.<\/p>\n Should the Thunder win the NBA Finals against the Pacers, Freeman has vowed to do 500 free tattoos. And ahead of Friday\u2019s Game 4 NBA Finals matchups, Freeman\u2019s free work was discussed on the NBA TV pregame show, which Barkley was on alongside Jared Greenberg, Candice Parker, and Steve Smith.<\/p>\n In particular, Greenberg tried his best to get Barkley to agree to getting tattooed by Freeman should the Thunder win the series.<\/p>\n \u201cSo Chuck, here is the thing,\u201d said Greenberg. \u201cIf OKC wins, will you go to Oklahoma City and get one of those 500 free tattoos?\u201d<\/p>\n It didn\u2019t take too much to get Barkley to agree, as he explained that he was actually planning to get a tattoo of his two grandchildren\u2019s names soon anyways.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll tell you what, I will do that,\u201d said Barkley. \u201cBecause I\u2019m actually\u2026 I have never had a tattoo before. But I am honestly gonna do it this summer. I\u2019m gonna get my grandson and granddaughter\u2019s name put right here. Charlie and Henry. I never thought anything was important enough. Some of these fools be getting women\u2019s names put on them and they break up with them like damn idiots.\u201d<\/p>\n The promotion itself seems to be strictly prohibited to Thunder-themed tattoos. And when Barkley was informed of this by\u00a0Greenberg, he quickly backtracked before making it clear that he would get his intended tattoo in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, I\u2019m not getting no damn Thunder tattoo,\u201d said Barkley. \u201cYou have to get a Thunder tattoo? No, I\u2019m not doing that. I\u2019m gonna go to Oklahoma City. I\u2019m gonna go there and get Charlie and Henry put on my forearms. Because I was planning on doing that this summer. So OKC, here I come.\u201d<\/p>\n Chuck: \u201cI\u2019ve never had a tattoo\u2026 I\u2019m honestly gonna do it this summer. I\u2019m gonna get my grandson & granddaughter\u2019s name\u2026 these fools be getting women names put on \u2019em & they break up with \u2019em like damn idiots.\u201d<\/p>\n Candace: \u201cWhat about your daughter?\u201d<\/p>\n Chuck: \u201cNo, no, no.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/0mM2KyForm<\/a><\/p>\n