Contained in the NBA has been the go-to present for hoop followers for many years now. Nevertheless, it has been marred with some worrying rumors in current months. The panel of Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith may be on their final lap as a crew. Despite the fact that their presence turns into extra necessary throughout the playoffs, followers seen that the large fella was MIA on the final episode when the crew coated the Recreation 7 between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Denver Nuggets.
The rationale followers speculated the top is as a result of the present has been rumored to go off air very quickly. TNT, the platform that airs the present is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD has held the NBA rights for a very long time however in accordance with a report by the Wall Road Journal, Comcast is keen to bid $2.5 billion a yr for a similar deal.
Many individuals consider that the deal is already finished, and the TNT crew is maintaining it underneath wraps to not mess up followers’ pleasure for the playoffs.
Regardless, it’s clear that nobody needs to open their mouth to talk on the topic for the time being. Amidst the hush, the large fella posted a cryptic message on Instagram, “Humble sufficient to know I might be changed, however sensible sufficient to know ain’t no person else like me.” Despite the fact that he stated he took the put up from Stephen Jackson’s IG, the timing of it’s attention-grabbing as a result of his spot on the present’s final episode was crammed in by Vince Carter.
It’s price noting that there’s nothing official about Shaq leaving the present. Along with that, it’s extremely unlikely that the large fella will depart the present as there’s no report of animosity between him and the community. To strengthen these claims additional, Shaq posted, “hey charles kenny ernie and vince jenna says hello” on X because the final episode was on the air.
hey charles kenny ernie and vince jenna says hello
— SHAQ (@SHAQ) May 20, 2024
It’s commonplace for the TNT crew to overlook sure episodes. We’ve seen Sir Charles miss episodes previously, nevertheless, these moments had been addressed on the present and followers had been knowledgeable of the rationale behind it. There’s one fan idea that’s doing the rounds as to why Shaq missed the necessary Recreation 7, and it’s hilarious, to say the least.
A clip of the present was uploaded on YouTube by Home of Highlights. As followers seen that Mr. Half Man, Half Superb was filling in for the large fella, they questioned if Shaq was ducking the smoke.
He has been speaking massive sport your complete postseason, rooting for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who he believed ought to’ve gained the MVP award. Sadly for Shaq, Shai received knocked out within the second spherical. A number of followers commented underneath the clip that Shaq is avoiding display presence in order that he doesn’t need to take care of the ridicule for his take.
In conclusion, there’s no motive to suppose that there’s one thing mistaken between TNT and Shaq. The NBA legend is a person of many abilities and companies, it could possibly be a type of unavoidable commitments that made him miss the Recreation 7 present.
