Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerKenny Smith, a panelist on the TNT analysis show Inside the NBA, walked off the live show after a brief commentary in solidarity with the players and others who are boycotting the league’s playoff games today.Smith said as a black man and former player, he wasn’t in the right frame of mind to participate in the discussion. “It is not right to be here. ” He then disconnected his microphone and walked off the set.Charles Barkley, another of the panelists and himself a former player, said that “I don’t think we can be shocked” about the players declining to play. “When some of the guys started talking about it the day before, that started the fire.” Barkley said that it was “appropriate that the Milwaukee.
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