{"id":2329,"date":"2023-05-30T18:02:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T18:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/05\/30\/get-the-finals-to-tnt-already-nba-fans-share-their-frustration-but-chuck-and-shaq\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T18:02:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T18:02:44","slug":"get-the-finals-to-tnt-already-nba-fans-share-their-frustration-but-chuck-and-shaq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/get-the-finals-to-tnt-already-nba-fans-share-their-frustration-but-chuck-and-shaq\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Get the Finals to TNT already!&#8217;: NBA fans share their frustration but Chuck and Shaq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"89.837268580628\">\n<h2>&#8216;Get the Finals to TNT already!&#8217;: NBA fans share their frustration at Shaquille O&#8217;Neal and Charles Barkley&#8217;s absence for Nuggets-Heat Finals as coverage switches to ABC&#8230; but here&#8217;s how you CAN still watch them<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Barkley, Smith and O&#8217;Neal will be part of a rotating crew analyzing\u00a0for NBATV\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>NBATV doesn&#8217;t broadcast the Finals, but it will provide pre &#038; postgame coverage<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/us\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">DailyMail.com<\/a> provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-206\/patrick-djordjevic.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Djordjevic For Dailymail.Com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-05-30T19:01:58+0100\"> 14:01 EDT, 30 May 2023 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-05-30T19:01:58+0100\"> 14:01 EDT, 30 May 2023 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/sport\/nba\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/6.52.2\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/8.31.3\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>   <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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I ain&#8217;t gonna get on here and lie!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Barkley and Co. will not be in breach of their contracts with Turner as NBATV is operated by TNT&#8217;s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It will come as a relief to many NBA fans who had figured the trio would be on vacation, as Johnson now is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I think this every year but the NBA on TNT team not getting the Finals is a crime. I could watch Shaq, Ernie, Kenny, and Chuck talk about anything,&#8217; one user wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bb409c5dda4a0980\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/30\/18\/71578091-12140501-image-a-47_1685469416994.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ernie Johnson will be the only member of Inside The NBA not on NBATV during the '23 Finals\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bb409c5dda4a0980\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/30\/18\/71578091-12140501-image-a-47_1685469416994.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ernie Johnson will be the only member of Inside The NBA not on NBATV during the '23 Finals\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ernie Johnson will be the only member of Inside The NBA not on NBATV during the &#8217;23 Finals<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Last night of Chuck, Shaq, Ernie, and Kenny. Best show on television. Get the Finals to TNT already,&#8217; another tweeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While NBATV does not broadcast the Finals, Smith, Barkley and O&#8217;Neal will be part of a rotating crew providing pre and postgame analysis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;TNT deserves the nba finals just for the Charles Barkley pre game. These dudes know how to do it,&#8217; another Inside The NBA fan wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Looks like Christmas has come early for some Association fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/sport\/nba\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article: <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot><\/p>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nba\/article-12140501\/Get-Finals-TNT-NBA-fans-share-frustration-Chuck-Shaq-TV.html?ns_mchannel=rss&#038;ns_campaign=1490&#038;ito=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Get the Finals to TNT already!&#8217;: NBA fans share their frustration at Shaquille O&#8217;Neal and Charles Barkley&#8217;s absence for Nuggets-Heat Finals as coverage switches to ABC&#8230; but here&#8217;s how you CAN still watch them Barkley, Smith and O&#8217;Neal will be part of a rotating crew analyzing\u00a0for NBATV\u00a0 NBATV doesn&#8217;t broadcast the Finals, but it will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[334,23,43,2761,163,1145,207,4860,439,194,4859],"acf":{"source_article":"","image_credit":""},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}