Per a release from TNT Sports on Monday, Jalen Rose will join Inside the NBA on Tuesday alongside the familiar cast of Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, and Shaquille O’Neal. Kenny Smith seems to be taking the night off.
TNT is airing a doubleheader for the penultimate day of group stage NBA Cup play. Leading off will be the Milwaukee Bucks against the Miami Heat followed by the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns.
Then a week from tomorrow, Rose will be back in TNT’s Atlanta studios to participate in an alternate telecast of the final day of NBA Cup group play. The altcast, a collaboration with Genius Sports, will be a data and analytics focused broadcast dubbed NBA on TNT DataCast. Rose will join host Adam Lefkoe, analyst Channing Frye, and basketball writer Kirk Goldsberry for a doubleheader featuring an Orlando Magic-New York Knicks tilt followed by a Golden State Warriors-Denver Nuggets game. The altcast will air live on truTV and the Max streaming service.