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0 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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It was a day that was inevitably going to come, but it still hit Charles Barkley like a ton of bricks.
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it → go → bricks
“Inside the NBA” host Ernie Johnson announced earlier Wednesday that he will be departing the show following this season, 37 years after he joined the program.
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he → announce → program
Barkley, who has been an integral part of the beloved basketball show for over two decades, paid tribute to Johnson, 70, on Wednesday’s iteration.
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who → pay → iteration
Fighting back tears, the 63-year-old Barkley, finally collecting himself, spoke to what Johnson meant to him and the show as a whole.
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Johnson → fight → whole
“That was tough,” Barkley said.
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Barkley → say → ?
“We knew the day was coming.
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day → know → ?
Been here for 26, 27 years and it’s been an honor and a privilege to work with you all this time, and Kenny [Smith] and Shaq [Shaquille O’Neal], and the amazing people behind the scenes.
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it → work → scenes
Nothing like it to be able to dribble a stupid basketball and get rich and famous, and then come here and get paid to watch the best players in the world. …
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Nothing → dribble → world
You get paid to do it.
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You → pay → it
We’d watch anyway.
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We → watch → ?
And so many people at, you know, Turner, WBD, and now I guess we Skydance.
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we → know → Turner
“The question I’m asked the most, I’m not gonna lie, most of the time I’m like, ‘Where’s Shaq?’ and ‘Where’s Kenny Smith?’
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Smith → ask → time
Like I keep them in my damn back pocket.
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I → keep → pocket
But the question I’m probably asked the most is, ‘Is Ernie Johnson as good a person as he seems?’
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he → ask → ?
And I say, ‘Man, he’s better than that.’
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he → say → that
“So, I just want to say thank you.
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I → want → you
Johnson announced the decision in a video on social media and said that a “contributing factor” in his decision to exit the show is that he’s dealt with heart issues over the past few years and had bypass surgery a little over a year ago.
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he → announce → surgery
The host said he’d been doing well most of Wednesday until Barkley gave him a huge “thank you.”
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Barkley → say → thank
“Chuckster, that means the world,” Johnson said.
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that → mean → world
“Look, I was holding everything together pretty well today, and then looking at you, man.”
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I → look → you
Johnson will remain with the program through this season and will still be part of March Madness and other projects for TNT and CBS.
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Johnson → remain → TNT
Barkley has previously said this would be his last season with “Inside the NBA” — foreshadowing Johnson’s exit.
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this → say → exit
“Me and Ernie are a package deal,” Barkley told Bill Simmons.
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Barkley → tell → Simmons
“So right now, unless Ernie changes his mind, next year is my last year, 100 percent.”
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year → change → mind
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