
When a champion is crowned in June to cap off the 2024-25 NBA season, it will mark the end of an era, as TNT, a longtime broadcasting partner with the league, will lose its broadcasting rights.
While TNT's hit show Inside the NBA, staring Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Smith, will go on via ESPN and ABC next season, the network itself will undergo a big change with no more basketball hitting the airwaves. On Thursday night—on the final regular-season edition of Inside the NBA on TNT, Johnson bid farewell to his longtime employer.