On Tuesday (Nov. 26), Jalen Rose sat in for Kenny Smith on the favored present “Contained in the NBA.” Rose stopped working with ESPN final 12 months, however was an ideal co-host on the TNT program.
Rose was at ESPN for greater than a decade earlier than being laid off in 2023. He made appearances on exhibits like “First Take” and was an analyst for 10 seasons on “NBA Countdown.”
Alongside Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Ernie Johnson, he managed to maintain the jokes coming.
At the start of the present, Barkley playfully quipped that “Kenny bought fired, hopefully.” Johnson chimed in by saying, “The week of Thanksgiving, Kenny off, I don’t know—you guys tie the unfastened ends collectively.”
One of many funniest moments on the present was when Rose clowned Barkley’s eyewear when the Corridor of Famer placed on glasses to learn stats. “Are these welding glasses?” Rose requested.
Rose additionally mentioned Barkley appeared like Tyler Perry’s fashionable character, Madea. Then O’ Neal commented that it appeared like Barkley was preparing for a Marvel Thanksgiving together with his “future a** glasses.”
Rose didn’t cease there. Along with making enjoyable of Barkley, he additionally addressed Drake’s controversial lawsuit (“I don’t know if y’all must be enjoying that Kendrick…Y’all gonna get a lawsuit up right here”) and even lampooned Shaq for having dry pores and skin.
“You take a look at Shaq’s fingers? He bought 150 companies, he must put money into some lotion,” he remarked. Followers had been seemingly loving Rose’s presence. One person on X wrote: “You recognize Jalen suits like [a] glove up there. Possibly NBC ought to give him a name for the NBA.”
One other fan known as Rose “the one acceptable substitute” for Smith, citing how humorous he was all through the present.
Earlier this month, Rose joined NBC’s Huge Ten Faculty Countdown on Peacock. Johnson, O’Neal, Smith and Barkley have labored collectively on “Contained in the NBA” since 2011.