Nooooooooo. ESPN has the fakest personalities. Dont become them
LegitimateMoney00
I trust Amazon way more when it comes to hiring them which they do appear to be interested in also.
ESPN will one way or another, royally fuck it all up, just like with everything else they get their hands on.
ayeno
Doesn’t work with ESPN because they cut to commercial every 2 minutes and won’t let them be them
rubyschnees
you just know they’d try to shove stephen a in the middle of it and completely ruin the dynamic
Rcky_Mountain_High
If there is one group that I am going to bet on to tell ESPN and Disney to piss off and let them do their thing how they want to if they get hired, it is this crew. My god would it be so nice to kick ESPNs current NBA broadcast to the curb and let the Inside the NBA continue. But I dream….
Jack_The_Sparrow_
Keep your hands off Chuck you filthy casuals
HokageEzio
Disney has crazy money but I feel like Amazon is a way better fit if they’re actually capable of getting the whole thing. But none of it really matters if Ernie isn’t jumping with them.
Goosedukee
>The Chuckster could command $20 million-plus offers from the NBAâs new trio of rights partners: newcomer Prime; incumbent ABC/ESPN; and former broadcast partner NBC, which held the rights during the Michael Jordan golden era from 1990 to 2002. ESPN is already eying Barkley and the entire cast of Inside the NBA, say my sources. Ditto for Prime. > >As Marine hinted, Barkley might not be the only one in line for a big payday. Any of the newest NBA rights partners could try to hire the entire castâeffectively recreating Inside the NBA on a different platform.Prime could build its NBA studio coverage around the Inside the NBA team. With a market capitalization of $2 trillion, and more than 200 million subscribers worldwide, Prime could afford the cast en masse. Meanwhile, ESPN has been lusting after Barkley for years, with its own NBA Countdown studio show struggling through a revolving door of cast changes. Donât forget ESPN solved its Monday Night Football problem by raiding Fox Sports to hire away Troy Aikman and Joe Buck. As for NBC, who would be better than a â90s icon like Barkley to reboot the networkâs âRoundball Rockâ coverage of The Association? > >Or it could be a two-step process. Barkley told Dan Patrick he could hire Shaquille OâNealâKenny SmithâErnie Johnson through his own production company, then sell the show to the highest bidder.
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So basically everybody wants them. Chuck will go to the highest bidder, probably the same for Shaq and Kenny. Ernie isn’t leaving Turner, so really the only way they keep them all together is on Prime.
NotVexingPi3
lol they shit talk espn every other day
No_Consideration3887
Noo Chuck don’t do it.
BigBadBen91x
Never in a million years will this happen
cndynn96
Ernie isnât going to leave turner.
And Chuck will prefer retirement to not able to speak freely.
tenacious-g
Any network exec that is allegedly good at their job should be calling the cast of the best sports studio show ever if they suddenly become available. This would be a no brainer for them.
A good programming exec should also know that if they somehow get them to move over to ESPN, you do not touch anything that made them great. Sign their paychecks and that is it.
Weary_Cheetah6103
Someone needs to hire that crew and continue Inside the NBA. The rest of the NBA broadcasts suckâŚ
moutonbleu
TNT should just license the show out to the highest bidder.
thisguy-rr
If they somehow cut stephen a smith and replace him with inside the nba crew. I’ll never skip the half time show
CoolingVent
Thas like putting a mustang gt engine in a Ford focus. Don’t want.
GunAndAGrin
“If you take the program from TNT, you likely lose many of the behind-the-scenes staffers in Atlanta whoâve helped make it a success.”
This is a pretty critical factor, imo. The studio production team for Inside played a large role in the success of that program. Obviously the personalities are the most important roles, but the crew would need to come with them. Some of that crew had been working with them for years. Theres crew members that are part of some of the bits that define the character of the show.
Im not sure I have faith in the quality of the product being the same or better if its just the Inside cast with ESPN/Amazon production teams.
agk927
Please no. I don’t want this racist on live TV anymore
NielsenSTL
This only works if they let them do what they do (not likely). Donât try to cram 12 min of ads in a 15 min break so they each get a minute. The current ESPN pre/half/post game shows are unwatchable.
Illustrious-Hand3715
Nah wonât happen. The things Chuck be saying and him and Shaq be laughing at some wild stuff. They will get fined a lot.
neongem
So basically itâs going to be ESPN/Disney vs Prime for whatâs left of Inside the NBA crew? Iâd much rather Amazon bring them over than Disney. There will be less restrictions and censoring just by nature of being on a streaming platform than cable TV network owned by Disney. Amazon also seems much more likely to give them freedom and let them do their own thing since theyâre new to NBA broadcasting game . Yeah itâs Prime all the way for me.
RVAIsTheGreatest
The question really will be whether Chuck actually does end up retiring or not….and whether EJ really does just stick with Turner and doesn’t ditch…..
SecondsLater13
âYou ainât gunna work me like a dog, then I come home with that punny paycheck.â
TheMoorNextDoor
Charles already said he ainât working for ESPN and have them work him like a dog.
e_double
Can’t wait for 5 minute commercials only to return for 10 seconds of broadcast with one line from Chuck, then back to commercials for another 5 minutes.
ThinkingMSF
Ehhhh… with TNT losing out, I was hoping to see more analysis and fewer clowns, but ESPN was never gonna be the place for that.
But hey, if you’re gonna run a clown show anyway, may as well hire the best. Chuck’s a terrible analyst, but he’s funny, and half the reason he’s so funny is the chemistry he has with the rest of that crew. This is probably the best version of what ESPN wants to do.
abonet619
ESPN BETTER STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM INSIDE THE NBA I SWEAR TO FUCK
RedGlovesOverHere
ESPN will 100% ruin this crew! I really really hope they donât!
Theyâll shove their own analyst and hot take artists into the show and just ruin the dynamics!
LordYamz
Iâm pretty sure Barkley will never work for ESPN. He always joked at how they overwork SAS
frankielucas
âYouâre not going to work me like a dogâ
21-hydroxylase
PLEASE. Actually ESPN would prob find a way to ruin it. But Iâll take my chances.
Ongmen
They gonna work them like a dog and not pay them
Knock0nWood
You know what they say about putting lipstick on a pig
spider2Ybanana
Nooooooo – what will we do without the insights from Perk and Wilbon and Screaming A?
^^aslongaswearedreaming⌠Also replace Shaq with RJ.
underground_cowboys
TNT should just keep the show going. They already get clips from all the other games. Iâd flip over to watch them during half time breaks and post game analysis
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Nooooooooo. ESPN has the fakest personalities. Dont become them
I trust Amazon way more when it comes to hiring them which they do appear to be interested in also.
ESPN will one way or another, royally fuck it all up, just like with everything else they get their hands on.
Doesn’t work with ESPN because they cut to commercial every 2 minutes and won’t let them be them
you just know they’d try to shove stephen a in the middle of it and completely ruin the dynamic
If there is one group that I am going to bet on to tell ESPN and Disney to piss off and let them do their thing how they want to if they get hired, it is this crew. My god would it be so nice to kick ESPNs current NBA broadcast to the curb and let the Inside the NBA continue. But I dream….
Keep your hands off Chuck you filthy casuals
Disney has crazy money but I feel like Amazon is a way better fit if they’re actually capable of getting the whole thing. But none of it really matters if Ernie isn’t jumping with them.
>The Chuckster could command $20 million-plus offers from the NBAâs new trio of rights partners: newcomer Prime; incumbent ABC/ESPN; and former broadcast partner NBC, which held the rights during the Michael Jordan golden era from 1990 to 2002. ESPN is already eying Barkley and the entire cast of Inside the NBA, say my sources. Ditto for Prime.
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>As Marine hinted, Barkley might not be the only one in line for a big payday. Any of the newest NBA rights partners could try to hire the entire castâeffectively recreating Inside the NBA on a different platform.Prime could build its NBA studio coverage around the Inside the NBA team. With a market capitalization of $2 trillion, and more than 200 million subscribers worldwide, Prime could afford the cast en masse. Meanwhile, ESPN has been lusting after Barkley for years, with its own NBA Countdown studio show struggling through a revolving door of cast changes. Donât forget ESPN solved its Monday Night Football problem by raiding Fox Sports to hire away Troy Aikman and Joe Buck. As for NBC, who would be better than a â90s icon like Barkley to reboot the networkâs âRoundball Rockâ coverage of The Association?
>
>Or it could be a two-step process. Barkley told Dan Patrick he could hire Shaquille OâNealâKenny SmithâErnie Johnson through his own production company, then sell the show to the highest bidder.
​
So basically everybody wants them. Chuck will go to the highest bidder, probably the same for Shaq and Kenny. Ernie isn’t leaving Turner, so really the only way they keep them all together is on Prime.
lol they shit talk espn every other day
Noo Chuck don’t do it.
Never in a million years will this happen
Ernie isnât going to leave turner.
And Chuck will prefer retirement to not able to speak freely.
Any network exec that is allegedly good at their job should be calling the cast of the best sports studio show ever if they suddenly become available. This would be a no brainer for them.
A good programming exec should also know that if they somehow get them to move over to ESPN, you do not touch anything that made them great. Sign their paychecks and that is it.
Someone needs to hire that crew and continue Inside the NBA. The rest of the NBA broadcasts suckâŚ
TNT should just license the show out to the highest bidder.
If they somehow cut stephen a smith and replace him with inside the nba crew. I’ll never skip the half time show
Thas like putting a mustang gt engine in a Ford focus. Don’t want.
“If you take the program from TNT, you likely lose many of the behind-the-scenes staffers in Atlanta whoâve helped make it a success.”
This is a pretty critical factor, imo. The studio production team for Inside played a large role in the success of that program. Obviously the personalities are the most important roles, but the crew would need to come with them. Some of that crew had been working with them for years. Theres crew members that are part of some of the bits that define the character of the show.
Im not sure I have faith in the quality of the product being the same or better if its just the Inside cast with ESPN/Amazon production teams.
Please no. I don’t want this racist on live TV anymore
This only works if they let them do what they do (not likely). Donât try to cram 12 min of ads in a 15 min break so they each get a minute. The current ESPN pre/half/post game shows are unwatchable.
Nah wonât happen. The things Chuck be saying and him and Shaq be laughing at some wild stuff. They will get fined a lot.
So basically itâs going to be ESPN/Disney vs Prime for whatâs left of Inside the NBA crew? Iâd much rather Amazon bring them over than Disney. There will be less restrictions and censoring just by nature of being on a streaming platform than cable TV network owned by Disney. Amazon also seems much more likely to give them freedom and let them do their own thing since theyâre new to NBA broadcasting game . Yeah itâs Prime all the way for me.
The question really will be whether Chuck actually does end up retiring or not….and whether EJ really does just stick with Turner and doesn’t ditch…..
âYou ainât gunna work me like a dog, then I come home with that punny paycheck.â
Charles already said he ainât working for ESPN and have them work him like a dog.
Can’t wait for 5 minute commercials only to return for 10 seconds of broadcast with one line from Chuck, then back to commercials for another 5 minutes.
Ehhhh… with TNT losing out, I was hoping to see more analysis and fewer clowns, but ESPN was never gonna be the place for that.
But hey, if you’re gonna run a clown show anyway, may as well hire the best. Chuck’s a terrible analyst, but he’s funny, and half the reason he’s so funny is the chemistry he has with the rest of that crew. This is probably the best version of what ESPN wants to do.
ESPN BETTER STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM INSIDE THE NBA I SWEAR TO FUCK
ESPN will 100% ruin this crew! I really really hope they donât!
Theyâll shove their own analyst and hot take artists into the show and just ruin the dynamics!
Iâm pretty sure Barkley will never work for ESPN. He always joked at how they overwork SAS
âYouâre not going to work me like a dogâ
PLEASE. Actually ESPN would prob find a way to ruin it. But Iâll take my chances.
They gonna work them like a dog and not pay them
You know what they say about putting lipstick on a pig
Nooooooo – what will we do without the insights from Perk and Wilbon and Screaming A?
^^aslongaswearedreamingâŚ
Also replace Shaq with RJ.
TNT should just keep the show going. They already get clips from all the other games. Iâd flip over to watch them during half time breaks and post game analysis
You ain’t gonna work me like a dog and not pay me
CB34
They going to work Chuck like a dog