After 35 seasons in the air, “Inside The NBA” offered goodbye to TNT on Saturday evening. The show will be broadcast on ABC and ESPN next season with the hosts Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley.
“Listen, there, as you have ever heard, there are all four of us,” Johnson told viewers. “Our production team will be together. It’s going to be this same group. We will always shoot this show in Atlanta. It will be broadcast elsewhere. NBA on TNT. “”
This decision is part of the new NBA media rights agreement, which will also bring NBC and Amazon prime in the cover fold. The NBA finals should already be broadcast on ABC this year.
“Even if the name changes, the engine is still the same,” O’Neal assured viewers during the final broadcast. “And to this new network to which we come, we do not come to F – K around … We take over, ok? I love you guys and I appreciate you guys.”
The Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle also burned the network. While being interviewed by Johnson after the victory of his team, Carlisle caught the microphone and said: “Congratulations to TNT for a fabulous and incredible race that ends. We are all very sad on this subject.”
“Our hearts are full of gratitude,” added Kevin Harlan de TNT. “No sadness, but gratitude and happiness for what was. It was an honor, it was a privilege and I hope you all enjoyed it as much as us.”
