Shaquille O’Neal has made it clear that he’s not going to alter at his soon-to-be new community.
Throughout an look on the “Wealthy Eisen Present” on Friday, O’Neal as soon as once more stood agency on the truth that he and co-host Charles Barkley is not going to change their personalities for ESPN.
“I don’t have any considerations as a result of I do know one man that you just’re by no means going to alter, and I do know one other man that’s actually near him,” O’Neal mentioned. “The opposite two guys — hear, Ernie [Johnson] is a consummate skilled and he can adapt to any scenario.
“Ernie is the man that basically retains us out of hassle and Kenny is skilled, however Chuck is correct there on the road and I’m proper beneath Chuck. Chuck’s not altering. I’m not altering.”
O’Neal, 53, additionally pointed to “The Pat McAfee Present” on the community as a mannequin that “Contained in the NBA” may doubtlessly observe subsequent season.
“I really noticed one thing yesterday the place it mentioned ESPN goes to provide us the identical no-look that they provide Pat McAfee,” O’Neal added. “So, hear, we’re simply going to go have enjoyable, do what we do and discuss in regards to the recreation that we love and simply attempt to make folks snigger.”
Each O’Neal and Barkley have insisted on a number of events that they plan to remain the identical regardless of the community change, with the latter saying final month that he dares ESPN to fireplace him.
“I’m not going to alter my persona,” Barkley mentioned throughout an episode of Outkick’s “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich,” per Terrible Saying.
“Ain’t no one — they’ll’t hearth me. I make an excessive amount of cash to get fired. So, they’ll’t hearth me. Initially, in the event that they hearth me, they bought to pay me for seven years, and I’m going to stop method earlier than then. But when they need to hearth me, I might love for them to try this.
“The one determination we’ve been making is how lengthy I’m going to work. … I’m not frightened about getting fired. And no one at ESPN goes to inform me what to say or do. Interval.”
“Contained in the NBA,” which has aired on TNT since 1989, will make the change over to ESPN subsequent season.
Turner remains to be set to supply the present by licensing it to ESPN.
