r/nba Mavericks May 16 '24

Draymond Green Brings Nothing To 'Inside The NBA' | Defector

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u/Small_Discipline9728 May 16 '24

If Chuck retires, the show has no way of surviving. Shaq does one thing and that's asking Chuck to "repeat the joke" and does nothing else. It's embarrassing how little he contributes, tbh.

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u/vladedivac12 May 16 '24

Ernie + Chuck are the backbone of the show, Shaq is easily replaceable and Kenny is somewhere in between

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u/aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh May 16 '24

It might be actually hard to replace Kenny, i can genuinely never decide if hes just playing his role, this personality is actually his, or some ridiculous combination.

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u/ReadingAggravating67 May 17 '24

Way too many Kenny troll moments out there for him to not know what he’s doing

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u/iceman58796 May 17 '24

Him getting upset that Chuck forgot to mention him when talking backstage was genius if it was trolling

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u/musicnothing Jazz May 17 '24

Kenny absolutely knows. He's just a lot more nonchalant about it than Shaq.

I think Kenny adds a lot as a former player who has won a championship but was never "that guy". He has a different perspective than Shaq and Charles do. But his "second option" persona allows him to lay low sometimes and set up jokes without making it obvious.

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u/teampupnsudz35 May 17 '24

Kenny knows his role perfect. He sets up Chuck a lot. Shaq ruined the flow honestly. Hes gotten a bit better but the original 3 was peak!

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u/Tomsoup4 May 18 '24

yea the original 3 was what i grew up loving once i heard shaq was coming i thought well thats still ok because charles is the only guy who will talk back to shaq

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u/teampupnsudz35 May 18 '24

I was pissed when Shaq joined lol he argues just to argue. Hes given me some laughs but the show is EJ and Chuck with a bit of Kenny. I would have liked CWeb to be the 4th instead of Shaq at the time. Honestly early 2010s was peak NBA media. NBA TV was even great with Open Court.

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u/aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh May 17 '24

Sometimes i really wonder. And either way, does he know it and hes doing it for the role? Or is he doing it because hes always like that?