If TNT loses the NBA starting with the 25-26 season, Charles Barkley will obtain curiosity from all three media rights companions in ESPN, Amazon and NBC, in line with Andrew Marchand.
Barkley is beneath contract past 2025, however it’s unclear if he has an out depending on the NBA. Barkley has been outspoken criticizing Warner Bros. Discovery for being in a state of affairs the place they’re on the verge of not extending its media rights cope with the NBA.
There haven’t but been any actual discussions on how the “Inside The NBA” crew of Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith may keep collectively on one other community.
“An informed guess is that any quantity might be nearer to $20 million yearly than $10 million,” writes Richard Deitsch. “If I needed to handicap a non-WBD participant, I might cautiously put my cash on NBC. Very cautiously.”
