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Charles Barkley Says He Will Retire From TNT After Next Season, Complicating Warner’s NBA Bid
Charles Barkley said he planned to retire from Warner Bros. Discovery's NBA program after next season
The basketball legend added a new wrinkle to Warner’s ongoing efforts to retain media rights to the NBA late Friday evening by announcing he would retire from his announcing duties on “ Inside the NBA,” the influential TNT program he has co-hosted for years. Barkley said he would not move to another network, no matter how the NBA decides to parcel out a new package of rights it has largely negotiated with NBCUniversal, Disney and Amazon. The decision likely surprised many, because Barkley and his “Inside the NBA” cohorts Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson all signed new multi-year extensions to stay with the program in 2022..Shaquille O’Neal, the fourth member of the show’s studio team, struck a broader pact with the parent company in 2020.
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