TNT’s Kenny Smith questions ESPN’s decision to lay off top commentators
"Because certain guys are getting let go, and then you hire someone else for more money. I have no idea why they’re doing it, but stability is what brings success."
"Because certain guys are getting let go, and then you hire someone else for more money. I have no idea why they’re doing it, but stability is what brings success."
"That position and that show has never been allowed to marinate and it’s sort of why you continue to see change."
"The NBA Draft is just not a good TV event."
"I don’t know if he was built to have fun. He was a great person, I liked him, rest in peace. But he was a real serious guy."
"I’m in the fortunate position of getting us from point A to point B to point C with three guys who have been in every conceivable situation in a basketball game."
"I love basketball, but I love summer vacation more. I ain’t gonna get on here and lie!"
"You've been the architect of all of this, honestly...the architect of what this is."
"Just a viral moment waiting to happen."
Our long national nightmare is over.
"I was so mad this morning I actually turned the TV off."
"Thanks for getting me in trouble. Don't say nothing."
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"Tim Kiely is a visionary who has reinvented studio shows for generations of sports fans. As the architect of TNT’s ‘Inside the NBA’, his influence and impact on sports media has been profound."
"Shaq is over there crumpling up paper, that’s why I’m laughing!"
"If that had been a regular fan, he would have got tossed."
"TMZ ain't never wrong."
"These guys don’t sit in a production meeting and prepare for what they’ll say in each segment and get their thoughts organized. We just want a gut-level, genuine reaction."