On Tuesday (November 26th) Jalen Rose filled in for Kenny Smith on the popular show “Inside the NBA.” Rose ended his association with ESPN last year, but was a perfect co-host for the TNT program.
Rose was at ESPN for over a decade before being fired in 2023. He appeared on shows such as “First Take” and was an analyst on “NBA Countdown” for ten seasons.
Along with Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Ernie Johnson, he managed to keep cracking jokes.
Earlier in the show, Barkley jokingly quipped, “Hopefully Kenny got fired.” Johnson chimed in, saying, “The week of Thanksgiving, Kenny was gone, I don’t know – you’re tying up the loose ends.”
One of the funniest moments of the show was when Rose Clown-Barkleys Brillen as the Hall of Famer put on glasses to read the stats. “Are these welding goggles?” Rose asked.
Rose also said that Barkley looked like Tyler Perry’s popular character Madea. O’Neal then commented that it looked like Barkley was getting ready for a Marvel Thanksgiving with his “future ass glasses.”
Rose didn’t stop there. He didn’t make fun of Barkley, also addressed Drake’s controversial lawsuit (“I don’t know if y’all should play that Kendrick… Y’all are going to get sued up here”) and even mocked Shaq for his dry skin.
“Look at Shaq’s hands? He has 150 companies, he needs to invest in lotion,” he noted. Fans seemed to love Rose’s presence. A user on X wrote: “You know Jalen fits like a glove up there. Maybe NBC should call him for the NBA.”
Another Fan call Rose was “the only acceptable replacement” for Smith and emphasized how funny he was throughout the show.
Earlier this month, Rose participated in NBC’s Big Ten College Countdown on Peacock. Johnson, O’Neal, Smith and Barkley have worked together on “Inside the NBA” since 2011.
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