Carlisle, the longtime NBA head coach, has received endless praise over the offseason as he's helped lead the Pacers through the Eastern Conference and now to a lead in the NBA Finals over the league's best regular season team. Barkley's only kidding, but with how the Knicks have went about their coaching search, don't put anything past them.

New York, which fired Tom Thibodeau after losing the Eastern Conference finals in six games, has been on the hunt for a new head coach but has been denied by at least five teams — including the Mavericks for permission to talk to coach Jason Kidd.

Charles Barkley slams the Knicks for firing Tom Thibodeau without a clear plan as their coaching search spirals.

After a series of rejections for their head coaching search, Barkley says, “the Knicks gotta be the stupidest damn people in the world.”

Charles Barkley is never afraid to speak his mind -- and he let loose on the Knicks for how they’re handling their coaching search. “The Knicks gotta be the stupidest damn people in the world,” Barkley said on NBA TV during Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

During Wednesday night’s NBA Finals Game 3 coverage on NBA TV, Hall of Famer Charles Barkley roasted the Knicks for how they’ve handled their coaching search. “The Knicks gotta be the stupidest damn people in the world,” Barkley said.