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Should Charles Barkley ever get diagnosed with a terminal illness, he has a plan. And it doesn’t involve trips to Paris or walks on the beach.

On Thursday’s Dan Patrick Show, Barkley said that if he were dying, he would kill TV sports personality Skip Bayless on Patrick’s show. And Patrick even suggested they make it a pay-per-view event.

Here is part of that conversation:

Barkley: “If I get a disease and I’m gonna die, how about you get Skip Bayless in here and I’ll kill him live on national television.”

Patrick: “I like it. Like pay-per-view.”

Barkley: “No, no, no. Just get him in here. Only when I know I’m gonna die…cause I just want to get Skip Bayless in a room one time and beat him like a dog.”

Patrick: “So you’d kill him.”

Barkley: “Yes. Only if I knew I was gonna die. Not if I’m gonna live, cause I don’t want to go to prison.”

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Maybe Barkley's comments shouldn't come as a surprise. He has never missed an opportunity to publicly rip Bayless, an outspoken and controversial former ESPN personality who now hosts Undisputed on FS1.

And Patrick's show apparently brings out the best (or worst) in Barkley. In 2011, Barkley called in to compliment Patrick. And take a shot at Bayless.

"I want to tell you the best thing you ever did," Barkley said. "You know, because I hate Skip Bayless more than any person in the world? Thank you for giving me an alternative so I don't have to watch Skip Bayless in the morning."

Bayless has not responded to Barkley's latest comments.