Another hoax report affects the hoops community this week when it attached Former NBA legend Charles Barkley’s name.
Barkley was never a person who praised ICE’s killing of innocent citizens. But the fake report claimed that he was donating his entire “Inside the NBA” paycheck to the federal immigration enforcement.
The bogus report? Chuck dropped a six-digit number from his wallet. And the worst part? Some NBA fans literally thought the report was correct.
Hoax report claims Charles Barkley gave Inside the NBA salary to ICE
Under President Donald Trump’s ramped-up immigration enforcement, ICE agents have flooded into Minneapolis following controversial operations that turned deadly. On January 7, an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Good.
Two weeks later, Border Patrol agents killed intensive-care nurse Alex Pretti in another shooting that contradicted official DHS accounts.
Following the second incident, Barkley went on-air calling the fatal ICE shootings of Good and Pretti in Minneapolis “sad” and “scary,” demanding that “somebody’s got to step up and be adults” after the NBA postponed the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors game.
But the parody account @dsonoiki turned the script on its head. It posted the ICE logo alongside a doctored image of Barkley and added a fake quote, penning, “Joe Biden let in 20 million illegals. ICE has a job to do, and they deserve full funding. I wouldn’t expect the goys to understand.”
BREAKING: Charles Barkley has donated last week’s Inside the NBA check, $404k, to ICE
“Joe Biden let in 20 million illegals. ICE has a job to do, and they deserve full funding. I wouldn’t expect the goys to understand.”
Wow pic.twitter.com/HEt4rZQxs1
— Gene Parmesan (@dsonoiki) February 2, 2026
The satirical account, which previously posted similar hoaxes about Anthony Edwards donating $514,000 to ICE, used Barkley’s name for maximum chaos.
Fans react with mixed feelings over confusing donation report
Some basketball heads immediately smelled something fishy.
“Didn’t he just slam ICE a few weeks ago after Goode being killed?” one fan wrote, spotting the glaring contradiction.
Another added, “Wait I thought he was anti-ice.”
A third fan noted, “Yeah Charles Barkley said goy.”
But not everyone caught the fake reports right away and many fell for them completely.
“Wow that’s amazing that someone is standing up for ICE instead of complaining about them and getting in their way to get illegals out,” one user shared.
The fifth fan even suggested, “Can someone please start a gofundme for @ice it would crush it.”
The hoax joins a growing list of disinformation targeting NBA personalities around ICE operations. It is surprising to see that the Round Mound of Rebound isn’t safe from getting his name dragged through the mud even though he torched Trump’s so-called safety deployment last month.
