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ESPN want to snatch Charles Barkley away from TNT Sports as NBA legend’s contract runs down to free agency
By Anthony Wood,
4 hours ago
NBA legend Charles Barkley’s TV future has remained up in the air for months.
Ever since the NBA formally announced its intention to split its broadcast rights with NBC, ESPN, and Amazon, starting in 2025, the future of TNT Sports’ standing in the sport has been uncertain.
Charles Barkley, as seen on October 25, 2016, is a star on TNT Sports’ Inside The NBA Getty ESPN boss Burke Magnus recently admitted he’d love to hire Barkley Getty
But if ESPN’s president of content Burke Magnus had his way, Barkley’s return to TNT Sports wouldn’t last long.
Asked whether he could picture Barkley heading to ESPN, Magnus responded “Yeah” when speaking at the Tuned In summit, via Front Office Sports .
“Yeah. That would be a perfect world, actually. Charles is a singular talent,” he added.
What’s more, Magnus admitted that he “would be lying if we said we weren’t interested in Charles.
“I think the entire industry is interested in Charles. He’s really that special. We’ll see.”
Burke also took the opportunity to allay any concerns Barkley may have had that in joining ESPN he’d be roped into working multiple roles.
“I just keep reassuring people that if you come work for us, that doesn’t mean you have to…this narrative gets started that if you come work for us, you also have to do 200 episodes of First Take or Get Up . The car wash – no,” he explained.
“The car wash is for people who want their car washed.”
Why, he personally Ripped multiple folks in the Media for his own benefit, and now wants to revert and Play Nice? He's nothing, absolutely nothing, without EJ!! Facts!!
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