Shaquille O’Neal has by no means been one to censor himself, and that didn’t change on Thursday’s version of “Inside the NBA.”
O’Neal was strolling again to the desk when he dropped the pair of cuss phrases, drawing laughter from his fellow panelists.
The NBA legend let a slew of expletives out after jokingly racing fellow panelist Charles Barkley in the course of the halftime present of TNT’s broadcast of the Thunder-Timberwolves recreation, with the crew doing the present in entrance of a stay viewers.
“In the words of Marshawn Lynch, I’m tired as s–t, America,” O’Neal mentioned. “We getting fired anyways Ernie [Johnson], f–k it!”
“Inside the NBA” was held at Pier 48 in San Francisco forward of NBA All-Star Weekend at Chase Heart this weekend.
Humorous sufficient, Lynch — former Raider and Cal star — was on the set earlier within the night time, which got here with a loud applause from the Bay Space crowd.
The playful race on the set that led to O’Neal explaining that he was “tired as s–t” was a callback to a bit that the “Inside the NBA” crew has carried out previously the place panelists race one another to the set’s large video board.
The favored studio present overlaying the NBA is in its last 12 months airing on TNT earlier than it strikes to ESPN/ABC subsequent 12 months as a part of a licensing settlement that TNT Sports activities got here to with Disney.
Turner will not be carrying NBA video games after this season after the league got here to new TV rights offers with Disney-owned ESPN/ABC, NBC and Prime Video final summer season.
