Mamba in?
According to TMZ Sports, Turner Sports has reached out to Kobe Bryant about potentially joining former teammate Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and host Ernie Johnson on TNT's NBA flagship program, "Inside the NBA."
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Smith and O'Neal have spoken about wanting Bryant to join the panel after his retirement and one Turner Sports source close to the show told TMZ Sports, "We'd love to have Kobe."
And so would the guys on the desk.