By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-08-29 19:00:00
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
这位名人堂成员展现出对那些让他年复一年看起来光彩照人团队的忠诚
多年来，马刺队一直被认为“太无聊”，无法获得全国电视转播的机会，但现在他们似乎已经准备好重新开始了。而这正好赶上了比赛改变NBA球迷观看比赛方式的时机。
随着NBA新的11年媒体协议的签订，篮球迷们一直在质疑他们将在哪里获得比赛直播。替代性观看平台的兴起以及一项价值770亿美元（没错，是770亿）的协议正在取代旧模式。在2025-2026赛季开始的变化之后，TNT将结束其长期播出的《NBA内幕》。
这家电视网络支柱为退役的NBA球星沙奎尔·奥尼尔、肯尼·“喷气机”·史密斯和查尔斯·巴克利提供了广播事业的舞台。与厄尼·约翰逊一起，这支屡获殊荣的四人组合以其极具感染力的化学反应，在无数个小时里走进了数百万狂热球迷的客厅。
就在几个月前，巴克利表示他将在即将到来的赛季后退役。
重磅消息：在25年后，查尔斯·巴克利表示他将在下赛季后退役。
“无论发生什么，明年都将是我在电视上的最后一年。”pic.twitter.com/HzP4MfKH7G
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) 2024年6月15日
从那以后，巴克利透露，为了在TNT体育最后一年转播NBA期间继续留任，他个人放弃了1亿美元的收入。
在丹·勒巴塔尔秀播客中，巴克利说：
“我要感谢所有那些向我抛出橄榄枝的电视网。说实话，这真的很让人受宠若惊，也很酷。尽管他们开出的价码高得离谱，但我只要能确保我在TNT的伙伴们安然无恙，我就感觉非常好。”
尽管其他将接手NBA转播权的机构也向巴克利提供了解说员的职位，但他选择留下来，让他的团队能够再就业一个赛季。
“对我来说，最重要的是我在TNT的伙伴们至少还能再保住一年的工作。这就是我唯一关心的。”
对于一个曾经宣称自己不是榜样的人来说，这已经很不错了。
点击查看原文：Open Thread: Charles Barkley left $100M on the table to keep his TNT team in tact for its final season
Open Thread: Charles Barkley left $100M on the table to keep his TNT team in tact for its final season
The Hall of Famer showed loyalty to those who’ve made him look good year after year
After years of the Spurs being considered “too boring” to garner nationally televised games, they seem to be primed for a reboot. And just in time for the game to alter the way NBA fans view the game.
With the NBA’s new eleven-year media agreement, basketball fans had been questioning where they will be getting their live coverage. The surge of popularity of alternate viewing platforms and a $77 billion — that’s billion with a “B” — deal is moving on from the old. In the wake of the changes that begin in 2025-2026 season, TNT is closing the door on its long-running Inside the NBA.
The network mainstay developed broadcasting careers for retired NBAv stars Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny “The Jet” Smith, and Charles Barkley. Along with Ernie Johnson, the award-winning quartet’s infectious chemistry has placed them in the living rooms of millions of avid fans for countless hours.
Just a couple of months ago, Charles Barkley stated that he would retire from television after this upcoming season.
BREAKING: After 25 years, Charles Barkley says he’s going to retire from TV after next season.
“No matter what happens, next year is going to be my last year on television.”pic.twitter.com/HzP4MfKH7G
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) June 15, 2024
Since then, Barkley shared that he personally left $100M on the table to stay with Turner Sports for its final year of NBA coverage.
On the Dan Le Batard Show podcast, Barkley stated:
“I want to thank all of those networks for reaching out to me. It was really humbling and cool, to be honest with you. Even though they were throwing crazy numbers, like damn, but as long as I got my people safe at TNT man, I feel really good.”
Although he was offered broadcasting positions with entities that will carry the torch, Barkley’s choice to stay kept his team employed for another season.
“The No. 1 thing for me is my people from Turner get to keep their jobs for at least another year. That’s all I was concerned with.”
Not bad for a guy who once proclaimed that he was not a role model.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock