Remember when Inside the NBA was actually about the highlights?
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May 01, 2026
12:55
Man, watching the clips from this post-season really makes me miss the old days of the show. Don't get me wrong, I love Shaq and Chuck together, but remember back in the early 2010s when they’d actually break down the X’s and O’s for more than two minutes before starting a roast session? It feels like now the whole ESPN/TNT crossover vibe is 90% comedy and 10% basketball. I miss the era where Kenny would actually get to the board without being interrupted by a joke about Galveston or Shaq's rings every five seconds. The chemistry is legendary and I’ll never stop watching, but does anyone else feel like the "SportsCenter" era of actual analysis has totally evolved into just a reality show? Those old segments hit different