EXCLUSIVEShaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley 演説（する）／住所 uncertain 未来 of 'Inside the NBA' on TNT まっただ中に talk of $2.5bn NBC 取引，協定

By Jake Nisse

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Shaquille O'Neal is 'very 確信して' that 'Inside the NBA' will remain on TNT next season, にもかかわらず chatter that NBC is about to 調査する TNT's TV 権利s for the league away.

The 塀で囲む Street 定期刊行物 報告（する）／憶測d last month that Comcast 全世界の／万国共通の (NBC's parent company) was 用意が出来ている to 申し込む／申し出 $2.5billion per year for the 権利s - more than 二塁打 what Warner Bros. 発見 (TNT's parent company) is 現在／一般に 爆撃する out on 普通の／平均（する）, at $1.2billion.

NBC winning the 権利s would likely （一定の）期間 the end of 'Inside the NBA,' the beloved studio show featuring O'Neal, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and host Ernie Johnson, but O'Neal doesn't seem to be sweating.?


'I don't know [about the show's 未来], but hopefully [Warner Bros. 発見 CEO] David Zaslav will take care of 商売／仕事, I'm sure he will,' he told reporter Adam Glyn.?

'I think we're in a 広大な／多数の／重要な 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 権利 now.'

Shaquille O'Neal said he was 'very confident' about the future of belove d 'Inside the NBA'

Shaquille O'Neal said he was 'very 確信して' about the 未来 of beloved 'Inside the NBA'

His colleague Charles Barkley, however, seemed less assured that the show would continue

His 同僚 Charles Barkley, however, seemed いっそう少なく 保証するd that the show would continue

O'Neal's friend and 同僚 Barkley was a little いっそう少なく 保証するd.

'We don't know. I mean, it'd be sad [if the show ended]. We don't know,' he said.

'I hope it does [continue].?Not just for me and Kenny, Ernie, and Shaq, but for the real people who work there, it sucks 権利 now to be stressful.?

The pair's comments come after longtime sports 新聞記者／雑誌記者 and Ringer 創立者 法案 Simmons said the 取引，協定 was 'done' on his eponymous?podcast.

'One of the funniest things ever is that we're all pretending that the TV 取引，協定 wasn't done like a week and a half ago,' Simmons said earlier this week.

'I think it's done. I think Warner [Bros. 発見] already lost it,' he continued.

TNT's parent company Warner Bros has been paying less than half of the $2.5bn fee per year reportedly being offered by Comcast Universal (NBC's parent company)

TNT's parent company Warner Bros has been 支払う／賃金ing いっそう少なく than half of the $2.5bn 料金 per year 報道によれば 存在 申し込む／申し出d by Comcast 全世界の／万国共通の (NBC's parent company)

'And I don't know why we're waiting until after the プレーオフs, maybe that's how they have to do it. But it's a 包む. NBC's getting it. I'm just telling you.'?

Warner, which began 公表／放送 games in 1984, has paid an 普通の／平均（する） 料金 of $1.2billion per year to the league によれば the 塀で囲む Street 定期刊行物.

The 網状組織 was unable to reach a new 協定／条約 with the NBA before an 排除的 交渉するing window 満了する／死ぬd last week.?

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