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Charles Barkley has no concerns about getting an earful from his bosses for publicly airing grievances as he stews over TNT\u2019s handling of its NBA rights negotiations.<\/p>\n
With TNT\u2019s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly on the brink of losing its NBA rights, the 61-year-old Hall of Famer has gone on the offensive in multiple interviews, sticking up for \u201cInside the NBA\u2019s\u201d behind-the-scenes crew and expressing dissatisfaction over WBD CEO David Zaslav saying in 2022 that TNT didn\u2019t need the NBA.<\/p>\n
And Barkley, never one to shy away from voicing his opinion, isn\u2019t going to stop now.<\/p>\n
\u201cNumber one, they\u2019re not gonna call me,\u201d Barkley said of his bosses on the \u201cSI Media with Jimmy Traina\u201d podcast. \u201cThey know better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barkley proceeded to again criticize Zaslav \u2014 he says the two don\u2019t have a relationship and only met for the second time at WBD\u2019s recent upfronts \u2014 and believes NBA commissioner Adam Silver did not take kindly to the exec\u2019s comment.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecondly, he never should\u2019ve said that. Plain and simple,\u201d Barkley continued, per SI.com. \u201cI think this is our third negotiations and we\u2019ve always signed during the exclusive window. It\u2019s never come up for bidding. Clearly Adam is upset. I\u2019m assuming he\u2019s upset. Something is going on, to be honest with you, because if we have the right to match, it would be a simple \u2014 \u2018yeah, we\u2019re gonna match\u2019 or \u2018we\u2019re not gonna match.\u2019 That\u2019s the thing that\u2019s got us disturbed the most.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 11-time All-Star also contends that network brass has done \u201ca really s\u2014ty job\u201d of keeping he and his coworkers in the loop about the status of the negotiations.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust say something. We have not discussed it,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t mean for me. The people who work there. They\u2019re the ones on pins and needles. Just say something to let the people be able to breathe a little bit. I can\u2019t imagine having a family and bills. Realistically, you probably gotta start looking for another job. You\u2019re not gonna wait a year and get fired.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barkley recently was interviewed by New York Times reporter Tania Ganguli, who said Barkley insisted on talking to her after security and PR officials tried to stop him.<\/p>\n
This bothered Kenny Smith, who said Ganguli \u201cshould clear it through Turner\u201d and \u201cdo it the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cInside the NBA\u201d host Ernie Johnson also \u201ccastigated\u201d Ganguli for trying to interview him without permission from TNT, underscoring the tension behind the scenes as the company\u2019s future with the NBA hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n
Sports Business Journal recently reported that the NBA was set to formalize contracts with Disney, NBC and Amazon for new rights deals that would begin with the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear whether TNT has tried to match any of those companies\u2019 offers to try to retain a rights package.<\/p>\n
NBC would take over TNT\u2019s \u201cB\u201d package for $2.6 billion a year, SBJ reported, if the deal goes through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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