I'm very excited about the Heat/Spurs finals and Texags will be fun with lots of trolling but gonna miss watching games on TNT.

ESPN please step your game up you guys suck

I like the TNT cast, especially compared to ESPN.

Everyone loves the TNT cast. That's why they win Emmys

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This.

In a 10 second span before this current commercial break, Barkley just said he would knock Flo Rida out and steal his chain and said 'Y'all just mad because I'm stackin' paper to the ceiling.'

NBA on TNT > everything

shaq just fell out of his chair goin fishin

LOVE IT

Chuck whale on the line

I cannot stand hearing "BANGGG!!!!" nonstop, along with the pre-game joke of a panel of Simmons Rose Magic and Wilbon.

I'll just check in at tip off and check out immediately after the game is over.

Damn, that NBA on NBC theme brought back some good memories

roundball rock's intro is my ringtone, and has been for years.

love the trumpets, french horns and trombones at the intro

I'll just leave this here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iepQaAVlQCk

I, too prefer TNT (Chuck, Ernie, Kenny) exponentially more than anything ESPN/ABC or anyone else throws out there. However, anyone else with they'd 86 Shaq? Anytime I hear him sing "Bird Man, Bird Man", crack a lame joke or go all Magic Johnson and suck the energy out of the room talking about himself, I wanna claw my eyes out. The overall chemistry and flow of that threesome (and the occasional 4th) seemed perfect without him a few years back. I can't figure why they brought him on. It's felt a bit like a case of diminished marginal utility from my perspective.

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My favorite part--you didn't even have to get to the actual theme to know ish was about to get live.

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roundball rock's intro is my ringtone, and has been for years.

love the trumpets, french horns and trombones at the intro

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+1

It takes me right back to my childhood and the MJ era.

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In a 10 second span before this current commercial break, Barkley just said he would knock Flo Rida out and steal his chain and said 'Y'all just mad because I'm stackin' paper to the ceiling.'

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I guess you missed the part right after where Ernie said, "And I'm rollin on 24's".

I think they should give up on having a 4th, because no one they've tried has really worked IMO.

Shaq is particularly bad... he's good at one liners every few weeks, not good at commentary every night. Also, in the last 6 weeks he has named 19 different players as the best big man in the game.

I agree with AgBlitz and Ulrich, Shaq sinks that crew, or at least, brings it down.

I would take Chris Webber over him, but I would probably take anyone else, and really, McHale was pretty funny at times when he was on it.

I think Barkley and Jet watch more games (not involving Knicks, Lakers, Celtics, OKC, or Miami) than Shaq, or anyone else on the ESPN crew.

Chris Webber is a better color commentator than he is a studio analyst. I think he found his calling. He's very insightful and he brings more enthusiasm to in-game commentary than he does to pre/post-game commentary.

He and Gary Payton do have good chemistry as analysts when they work together. They had CWebb/GP on with Kenny/Chuck one time a couple of seasons ago. There was some bad blood and a lot of ego on that set. It was awkward to watch.

Shaq, although he has improved throughout the season, is still horrible. The chemistry just isn't there.

Really wish they'd get rid of Shaq. You can tell how much Chuck and him don't get along, and it really brings down the show.

i think it's because of where they sit Shaq on the booth. They should move kenny to the left of the screen, and let shaq and charles sit next to each other. Shaq seems 20 feet away from the other two guys and he and ernie don't have great chemistry yet. He and charles have hilarious banter in my opinion

Oh and webber is an EXCELLENT analyst. I really hope he stays doing this for a while

I think Chuck dislikes Shaq, and most of what Shaq says is cringeworthy anyway. He has three cards in his deck: yell uninteresting things (BIRDMAN BIRDMAN or BBQ CHICKEN), "he's the best big man in the game and he needs to dominate like the best big man in the game", and comments along the lines of "remember how good I was?"



Chris Webber used to be terrible, and is now decent. He looks a little more comfortable and like he is better at getting his thoughts together in a reasonable amount of time.

Yea I really like Webber now. Wish he was in Shaq's seat.

Shaq: "After Jordan swept me out of the playoffs, he came to me and said 'Before you succeed, you must fail.' "
Chuck "He didn't ask you to be in Kazaam 2?"

Totally disagree on Webber. I think he makes a lot of good points but the way he talks, it's just strange. My roommate absolutely hates his delivery and I admit it bugs me too. I think he's better in the studio where that doesn't seem to be a factor and he's still able to make good points.

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Charles: Man, that ain't even right that we are sponsored by KFC. Who is our secondary sponsor? Kool-Aid?

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Charles: Man, that ain't even right that we are sponsored by KFC. Who is our secondary sponsor? Kool-Aid?

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gold!