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Liam McKeone

Charles Barkley Blasts TNT for How He Had to Find Out About ESPN Deal

Barkley and the rest of the 'Inside The NBA' team will be on ESPN starting next season | Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images

Inside The NBA will live on despite TNT being on the verge of losing NBA rights for the foreseeable future. The news broke last week that ESPN had worked out a deal to acquire the hit NBA show for its broadcasts beginning with the 2025-26 season. And Charles Barkley is not pleased with how everything went down.

Speaking on the Bettor Angle show with Kate Constable and Gabe Ramirez, Barkley expressed his view that employees of Turner have been treated worse and worse with each subsequent merger. He then went on to slam the current leadership of the company for not letting him know about the ESPN deal; Barkely apparently found out from welcome texts sent from friends of his at the Worldwide Leader.

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