Bill Simmons Says ‘Inside the NBA’ Has A Shaquille O’Neal Issue

Bill Simmons shares his subtle thoughts on why Inside the NBA has not worked as well in its first season airing on ESPN...

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“It’s the first time they’ve really had backlash, and I don’t know how much of it’s fair and how much of it isn’t fair, but they’ve also been in everybody’s life for such a long time that it’s kind of, this is an inevitable way that this could probably end,” Simmons said.

“But the whole thing has felt off the whole year. I love that show, but the ESPN fit, some of the time that they have, the fact that they don’t have the same time they had after the games, which is when I really thought that show was at the most important.

“And to me, Shaq is the biggest issue with the show. It seems like he’s there because it’s fun to be on the show, but it doesn’t seem like he follows basketball at a high enough level anymore. Like, he doesn’t know who people like (Celtics forward) Baylor Scheierman are. You’re on a studio show covering a sport, you know? There has to be some sort of a modicum of following the game.”

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