Charles Barkley took a moment during Thursday’s “Inside the NBA” to call on a team to sign Tony Snell, so that he can accumulate a 10th year of NBA service and qualify for the player’s association premium medical plan that would cover Snell’s wife and kids. 

Snell, 32, revealed last summer that he was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, something that both of his children, Karter, 3, and Kenzo, 2, also have. 

The veteran shooting guard has been playing this year in the with the Maine Celtics in the G League, trying to earn a spot on an NBA roster by Friday in order to hit the service mark to qualify for the players association’s retiree benefits program and get the crucial healthcare coverage. 

Yahoo Sports published a story on Snell’s situation on Wednesday, and the details tugged at the heartstrings of Barkley, who addressed it on TNT. 

“The NBA’s been great to all of us sitting up here and you guys are gonna be playing basketball for ever making a gazillion dollars,” Barkley said. “I hope one of you guys signs Tony so his two autistic kids can great medical care.” 

Barkley, along with fellow panelists Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal, all had lengthy NBA careers. 

“I hope a team signs him for the rest of the season because, I don’t know a lot about autism, I ain’t gonna say that,” Barkley continued. “But man I know it’s gotta be expensive to have two young kids with that situation. I’m hoping the NBA.

“We always talk about what a family we are, let’s sign that kid for the rest of the season.” 

Snell last played in the NBA during the 2021-22 season. 

The nine-year NBA vet told NBC’s “Today” last June that he wasn’t surprised when he found he was diagnosed. 

“I was not surprised because I always felt different,” Snell said. “I was just relieved like, ‘Oh, this is why I am the way I am.’ And it just made my whole life, everything about my life make so much sense.”