SHAQUILLE O’NEAL has agreed a brand new $15 million per 12 months contract to stick with TNT Sports activities, in keeping with reviews.

The 52-year-old’s new deal will see TNT’s Contained in the NBA workforce keep collectively, regardless of the community shedding the rights to broadcast dwell video games.

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As of subsequent season, NBC Sports activities and Amazon Prime Video will be a part of ESPN because the league’s official broadcast companions.

Nonetheless, per Entrance Workplace Sports activities, Shaq has agreed a bumper new deal to stick with Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith on TNT.

Contained in the NBA will stay on the air subsequent season, after TNT agreed to license it to ESPN.

In trade, ESPN will ship a sequence of Huge 12 faculty basketball and soccer video games to TNT.

Regardless of his upcoming extension, Shaq joked about being “fired” this week.

“Within the phrases of Marshawn Lynch, ‘I’m drained as s***, America,” spluttered an out-of-breath Shaq as he returned to the TNT desk.

Johnson appeared to attempt to interject because the TNT broadcast ran to commercials.

However Shaq’s microphone was nonetheless on because the digital camera minimize to a shot of the San Francisco Bay Space.

“We getting fired anyway, Ernie. F*** it,” Shaq was heard saying, to howls of laughter from his co-stars.

O’Neal’s TNT colleague Barkley is believed to have been strongly courted by each NBC and Amazon Prime.

Talking on his Steam Room podcast alongside Johnson, the 61-year-old poured chilly water on hypothesis surrounding a possible transfer.

“I am informing NBC that I can’t settle for their supply,” Barkley stated. “Contained in the NBA.”

“I’ll cancel future conferences with Amazon.

“My coronary heart is at all times and will probably be at Turner Sports activities.”

New rights deal

The NBA signed an 11-year take care of three networks for the league’s rights from the 2025-26 season.

And there will probably be no video games on TNT for the primary time for the reason that community launched in 1988.

The Walt Disney Firm will proceed to point out the league with 80 regular-season video games throughout ESPN and ABC.

They will even present round 18 playoff video games from the primary and second spherical, a Convention Finals sequence for 10 of the 11 years, and stay the house of the NBA Finals.

NBC will return as an NBA broadcaster for the primary time since 2002.

The community will present as much as 100 video games per season throughout it is channels and Peacock streaming service.

It is going to even be the house of NBA All-Star and present roughly 28 playoff video games from the primary and second spherical.

NBC will present one Convention Finals Collection for six of the 11 years, rotating with new broadcaster Amazon Prime.

Amazon will present 66 NBA regular-season video games together with one on Black Friday.

The streaming service can also be the house of the latter levels of the NBA Cup and your entire Play-In Match.

Prime will even broadcast round one third of the playoff video games within the first and second spherical.

Barkley most lately penned a contract extension in 2022.

His newest deal noticed him paid $21 million per 12 months – greater than Shaq will obtain in his new deal.

The TNT Sports activities crew are in San Francisco in the meanwhile for the 2025 All-Star Weekend.

Final night time noticed workforce C win the Rising Stars match – with San Antonio Spurs rookie Stephon Fort profitable he match’s MVP.

They are going to advance to Sunday’s newly revamped All-Star match.

Tonight the Dunk Contest will probably be contested between Fort, Andre Jackson Jr, Matas Buzelis and two-time reigning champion Mac McClung