Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson, & Jalen Rose Out at ESPN! ESPN Layoffs. Where Will They Go Next?!

Okay, I wish I was a liar right now, boy, I'm pretty good at these transitions today, but I have to tell the truth and I have to read this report. It breaks my heart, but you know me. I live lightly if I am not dead. I'm not down, I'll be fine and these guys

will

be fine too, but ESPN has let go of some big names in the latest round of

layoffs

, so let's go over some of those names, let's confirm names before we get into this story. and I highlight some Max Kellerman my dog ​​Keyshawn Johnson Jalen Rose took me by surprise with that Jeff Van Gundy really took me by surprise with that Susie Colber and Lafonzo Ellis everyone knows him, the college basketball analyst who loves to smile. he's a real good guy, not renewed, which is different than

layoffs

and layoffs not renewed, it means contracts are coming up or gone and guess what hands up too, we're not going to do anything with you, so that's Rob Ninkovich, we know him as Neil Everett. discussed in hockey legend Chris Chelos, he's fine and then unconfirmed still floating around out there, you know

they

got calls to his publicists or agents.

I guess Steve Young and Jay Williams are fine, let's focus on this one a little bit right now and start at the top and the beginning

where

it all started today with Max Kellerman and Keyshawn Johnson now the news isn't all bad for Keyshawn Johnson since Just a year ago, he signed a five-year deal for around $18 million and

will

be able to cash in on everything, so even if ESPN still pays Keyshawn his money, he can buy out the rest of his contract, which helps his books and put pressure on Wall Street, and then if Johnson wants to work some

where

else, let's say FS1 joins Undisputed.

Carousel, whatever

they

did, you'll have to go talk to the legal department to figure it out, but now you can do it, everyone knows, I know Keyshawn, that's my dog, we ran each other, I smoked his ass, that's it what I do. You will be angry when you hear this, but we have talked about this process. I knew this was coming for him and I knew it because I know Keyshawn and I know how to decode Keyshawn. Keyshawn. I used to look up to Keyshawn as you know. he's older than me, I'm talking about high school, you all went to Dorsey High School, you could have gone to Miami, you ended up going to a JC, you went to SC and set the world on fire.

I've never seen a catcher every week. going for 200 yards or something, it was just crazy, number one high ball, overall pick, big party at the House of Blues back in the Death Row Records days. It was there like Keyshawn had always been a big timer saying that he knew this situation was coming. for him because he knew what was going on with Max Kellerman, another person I spoke to during this process, so I figured it all out because it wasn't confirmed even to them, but they knew in terms of the writing on the wall now what happened with Max, this is interesting, so we know that Max was making a little more than Keyshawn, like five million a year.

I actually know the real numbers so they close, close and his ARK is pin man. I remember the day we were doing Max and Marcellus and he was there. like this Mac is taking a break, talking, he's always on the phone. I do not like talking about that. I like to send text messages. Then I can hear you. You know, your ear. It's so funny that you're in a room with someone and they're talking on the phone. you could get on the phone with them because you're here in the middle of the conversation and assuming the other half is correct, then I'm like, what are you talking about, who are you talking to? and then he hung up the phone and said: duh, that's it. our code for something big that was happening and that was the first thing that called him out there, he's like what you think, what should I do?

I was like what peace yells at you, boy, baby, we still have phones. I'll text you, you called me. and we're still kids but go get that and he went there but when he went there they went to him too it wasn't the warmest reception like we saw on that show so we saw her go in the wrong direction once he and Stephen hooked up pretty quickly too and then on the first take they took it off, they took it off, they got their own show at that time and they got the radio show too, but now, being in the business knowing that all these moving parts means that even if you're in it to make money they don't really support you, that was one of the reasons I left ESPN to go to FS1 because of the movement I was in at Sports Nation, but everyone remembers Sports Nation used to have Carissa Thompson, he used to have Michelle Beadle. having Carrie Champion used to have LZ Granderson used to have Max Kellerman you get my point all that means is that that whole movement doesn't fully support him and Max and that whole movement even though he got paid they paid me they not Supporting you fully, Max felt that then when Pat McAfee signed, it was a summary, like it was just a matter of time before we had to announce to you that you had to say goodbye, we need that real estate, okay, then it gets. to Jalen Rose, now Jalen, who is 50 years old and looks amazing for being 50 years older than me, uh, yeah, I knew it from basketball, but not from looking at him every time he had that creaky hairline, it was interesting, it was on NBA broadcasting for a decade.

Really impressive because of all the changes the network made to that show. Would you say you had his program? Remember the show that was really good with him and David Jacoby that was canceled late last year and then the pregame show. on ESPN and then get up, he was on that too, one of the original hosts and they said he made about three million dollars a year and then he left the show after ESPN decided to make Mike Greenberg the solo pilot of the show . and then he got a podcast called Renaissance Man, what's up with Jalen Rose now?

In the situation where we haven't mentioned that name for Undisputed, which seems like the biggest opportunity for someone to land right now, so we just started a conversation. You could have Max Keyshawn or Jalen Rose sitting across from Skip Bayless potentially arguing in Shannon Sharp's absence. That's one thing, but two. Where is this really shocking to you? I'll tell you what this impacts for me. The reason I'm not sad is because I got cut when I was 24, actually 27 27. I was a little bit older, since that's how the game works, you know, there are big stakes, big rewards, big risks and also big disappointments, but if you survive this, what will be your attitude. perseverance, land him somewhere else, just think about it Stephen A Smith is top dog right now remember when Stephen A Smith was canceled when his show was taken off the air when he didn't have a job?

Now look at them, so when you see these situations, just move the chess pieces to see where they go. Tell me in the comments where you think they will go. Thank you foreigner.