Present position:ESPN exec on Charles Barkley: ‘I would be lying if I said we weren’t interested’ >>Text
ESPN exec on Charles Barkley: ‘I would be lying if I said we weren’t interested’
Credit Card Protection Policies118Have read
About ESPN exec on Charles Barkley: ‘I would be lying if I said we weren’t interested’By Mike VorkunovSep ...
ESPN exec on Charles Barkley: ‘I would be lying if I said we weren’t interested’
By Mike VorkunovSep 10, 2024Charles Barkley may be the hottest free agent to hit the market next year, if he hits the market.
As Warner Bros. Discovery wrangles with the NBA in court, hoping to win back a piece of the league’s media rights for 2025, there is already a line of suitors for Barkley, the company’s biggest star in sports.
Advertisement
ESPN’s chief of content, Burke Magnus, said Tuesday he would be interested in bringing Barkley to the network if he were available. Asked at a Front Office Sports conference in New York if he could see a world with Barkley at ESPN, Magnus said he could.
“Yeah,” Magnus said at the “Tuned In” conference. “That would be a perfect world. … I would be lying if I said we weren’t interested in Charles. The entire industry is interested.”
NBC chairman Mark Lazerus said he would also have interest in Barkley. NBC will start broadcasting the NBA next season.
GO DEEPER
'Sunday Night Basketball' on NBC — part of new NBA media rights deal — could be a hit
Whether Barkley would have interest in ESPN or NBC is another question. The Basketball Hall of Famer, who has been part of TNT’s iconic “Inside the NBA” studio show since 2000, said in August he would remain with TNT Sports even after it lost the NBA. Barkley is in the third year of a 10-year, $210 million deal.
“I love my TNT Sports family,” Barkley, 61, said in a statement in August. “My #1 priority has been and always will be our people and keeping everyone together for as long as possible.
“We have the most amazing people, and they are the best at what they do,” his statement continued. “I’m looking forward to continuing to work with them both on the shows we currently have and new ones we develop together in the future. This is the only place for me.”
In July, Disney, NBC and Amazon won the bidding rights for the NBA’s next media deal, which will start with the 2025-26 season and last 11 years. The agreements with the three companies are worth $77 billion in total. WBD did not get a piece of the rights and sued the NBA to enforce what it says are matching rights from the current contract.
That lawsuit is currently in New York State court with a schedule that has put it on course for trial in April.
Required reading
- My front row seat on ‘Inside the NBA,’ the greatest studio show in sports TV history
- Charles Barkley not retiring, staying with TNT Sports long term: ‘This is the only place for me’
- Charles Barkley to consider ESPN, NBC, Amazon deals if TNT doesn’t honor full $210 million contract
Tags:
Reprinted :Welcome friends to share to the network, but please explain the source of the article“Credit Card Protection Policies”。http://aqntz.feilaokan.com/do6lc32.html
Related articles
Pro Football Hall of Fame announces 167 modern
ESPN exec on Charles Barkley: ‘I would be lying if I said we weren’t interested’Pro Football Hall of Fame announces 167 modern-era players nominated for Class of 2025 Sixtee...
Read more
Walt Frazier on current Knicks: 'I see a lot of similarities with our championship teams'
ESPN exec on Charles Barkley: ‘I would be lying if I said we weren’t interested’Walt Frazier on current Knicks: 'I see a lot of similarities with our championship teams' Hal...
Read more
NHL Power Rankings: Red Wings trending downward as playoff races take shape
ESPN exec on Charles Barkley: ‘I would be lying if I said we weren’t interested’NHL Power Rankings: Red Wings trending downward as playoff races take shape Detroit is headed...
Read more
Top Article
- 2024 NBA Draft: Houston's Jamal Shead declares after All
- Ranking all 68 traded future NBA first
- How Packers used newly acquired $48 million weapon to overcome loss vs. Colts
- Wild rally to top Canucks 10
- 2023 WNBA championship odds: Aces, Liberty remain heavy favorites as playoffs reach semifinals
- NHL Power Rankings: Identifying the perfect celebrity captain for each team ahead of All
Latest News
Chicago Sky to hire WNBA legend Teresa Weatherspoon as new head coach, per report
Magic Johnson takes shot at Anthony Edwards after Wolves star's comments about past NBA generations
NHL Rewind: Blackhawks' Connor Bedard suffers fractured jaw, Wild's Marc
Kristi Toliver injury update: Mystics guard out for the season with torn ACL
Sweet 16, Opening Day give Thursday a stacked schedule; major update on Joel Embiid's return
Dragon Age Inquisition ‘Massively’ Oversold Internal EA Projections, Ex