Charles Barkley …. general manager?

That’s the dream of the NBA Hall of Famer, who is willing to walk away from his Inside the NBA gig on TNT for the front office.

“I think that it’d be fun to try to build my own team,” Barkley said at a luncheon on Monday. “We talk about it all the time. Sometimes we say, ‘What is that guy doing? Why did he draft that guy? Why did he make a trade for that guy?’ “Some of these guys have done a bad job, plain and simple.”

Chuck, we have seen you play “Who He Play For” on Inside the NBA. You might not be the best person to be picking players for your team.

Barkley is starting his 10th season on TV when the gang (Kenny Smith, Ernie Johnson, Chris Webber) gets back together Tuesday night for the start of the NBA season.

And to be honest, he’s brilliant at what he does.

I couldn’t imagine what Thursday nights would be like without Smith or Barkley on TV.

Stick with the fantasy basketball, Charles.

Inside The Prison Cell?

That’s where Charles Barkley will be starting March 21 instead of hosting “Inside The NBA” after pleading guilty to drunken-driving charges in Arizona last December.

Barkley will serve five days in jail, must enter an alcohol awareness program and was fined more than $2,000.

Could you imagine Sir Charles rocking the prison orange jumpsuit?

Size XXXL.

Keep your head up, Chuck.

And your soap off the ground.

Welcome back, Charles Barkley.

Barkley makes his return to the Inside the NBA set this evening after a hiatus following his DUI arrest in December.

And before coming back, Barkley has apologized again for the incident.

“This is just my bad, no excuses,” Barkley said. “I think that a DUI is unacceptable,” he added. “That can’t happen and I’ve got to challenge other people, not just celebrities or jocks. You have to really think before getting behind the wheel after you’ve been drinking.”

The 45-year-old Barkley also vowed to start using a driver when he went out and would not get behind the wheel after drinking.

Between the stories about Michael Phelps and A-Rod, you almost forgot that Barkley had his own legal issue on his hands.

Either way, it will be good to have the Chuckster back.