
1. When the shocking announcement came that Inside the NBA would continue to live on ESPN after Turner Sports lost the broadcast rights to NBA games, much was made about whether the show would change.
With Inside the NBA still being produced by Turner Sports, those fears disappeared immediately after the first show of the 2025–26 season aired on opening night, when everyone saw that the show featuring Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal was the same as it had always been.