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On a bizarre night for the NBA and its quest to reinvigorate fan interest in the All-Star Game, the TNT broadcast paused in the middle of the championship game to honor \u201cInside the NBA\u201d panelists Charles Barkley, Shaquille O\u2019Neal, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This season marks the final season TNT will carry NBA broadcast, but it won\u2019t mark the end of the beloved NBA studio show with \u201cInside the NBA\u201d and its staff moving to ESPN next season \u2014 which made the midgame ceremony somewhat peculiar.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Actor and comedian Kevin Hart addressed the crowd at midcourt and praised the four for their broadcasting prowess over the years before inviting them to join him on the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe All-Star Games and the basketball games wouldn\u2019t be what they were without the energy that they brought to the game,\u201d Hart said.<\/p>\n
The four were then presented with signed jerseys from this year\u2019s All-Star Game, along with rings similar to the ones that NBA All-Stars receive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hart also poked fun at an \u201cInside the NBA\u201d running gag segment \u201cGone Fishin\u2019\u201d that comes up to send teams home after they\u2019ve lost in the postseason.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The comedian presented the four with tackle boxes, fishing rods and bucket hats to \u201csend them fishing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tKevin Hart & NBA All-Stars send the Inside Guys Fishing \ud83c\udfa3Last #NBAAllStar Weekend for the TNT crew \u2764\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/QQ1T30YVAB\u2014 NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 17, 2025 <\/p>\n
While it was all in good fun, it presented as an odd moment considering that \u201cInside the NBA\u201d is only moving to ESPN as part of an agreement reached between Turner and the NBA after the former filed a lawsuit against the latter when the league reached a $77 billion broadcasting rights deal with ESPN, NBC and Amazon.<\/p>\n
And the \u201cInside the NBA\u201d crew is expected to remain intact for the move, especially after O\u2019Neal inked a long-term deal that will pay him more than $15 million per year, Front Office Sports reported last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Barkley has a 10-year contract extension with Turner that he signed in 2022, Smith is expected to sign a long-term deal and Johnson is expected to remain with the show, Front Office Sports reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sunday did mark the final time the \u201cInside the NBA\u201d crew will be a part of an All-Star Game, since NBC will take over the broadcast going forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Still, some viewers were a bit confused on Sunday night by the ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe extended breaks in these games are really tough. We\u2019re now on to honoring the end of Inside the NBA on TNT when everyone knows its headed to ESPN next season,\u201d Sports Illustrated\u2019s Chris Mannix wrote on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIsn\u2019t Inside the NBA just going to be on ESPN now with the same staff? What a random time-filler tribute,\u201d MassLive\u2019s Brian Robb wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand its the last all star game for the Inside the NBA crew but to do this during the middle of the game is absurd,\u201d one fan wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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