'DJ' Ernie Johnson Impressed Chuck, Kenny and Shaq With His Rap Knowledge: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Ernie Johnson's cohosts loved him shouting out Rick Ross, Travis Scott, 50 Cent

1. By the time Tuesday night was over, after the Heat beat the Bucks and the Lakers beat the Rockets, he was being called "DJ Ernie Johnson" and his cohosts were praising his "street cred."

Throughout the evening Inside the NBA host Ernie Johnson was randomly shouting out various rap artists, much to the delight of Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal.

From dropping Rick Ross lyrics to doing a solid 50 Cent, Ernie repeatedly blew away his colleagues, and it was fantastic television.

"Ok Big Ernie" 😂 @RickRoss pic.twitter.com/nUdp7eMA0G

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) September 9, 2020

Don’t test Ernie on his Travis Scott either 😂🎵@trvisXX pic.twitter.com/AAiJxf0mZi

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) September 9, 2020

“IT’S OVER.”

Ernie can't be stopped 😂 pic.twitter.com/1SNDqLvcg5

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) September 9, 2020

2. NFL Primetime returns to ESPN+ this season, but Chris Berman will be doing the show with Booger McFarland. Tom Jackson will take the season off as a safety precaution.

ESPN+ NFL PrimeTime is back, back, back starting Sept. 13

🏈 Chris Berman will be joined by @ESPNBooger
🏈 Berman will also deliver #NFL highlights during #MNF halftimes & in Monday Night Countdown

Sunday | 7:30p ET | Exclusively on ESPN+

More: https://t.co/sDyvTIqsjF pic.twitter.com/QdI1QdgoSA

— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) September 9, 2020

3. Sure, this is a cute story, but I'm not sure how you can claim this guy is a success story when the team's record over the past four seasons is as follows:

2019: 7–9
2018: 4–12
2017: 5–11
2016: 5–11

The smartest, shrewdest, deepest thinker in the Jets universe is 19 years old, lives with his parents just outside Charlotte and pawns off household chores on his two younger brothers. @MMehtaNYDN https://t.co/LnYXCEAVnr

— NY Daily News Sports (@NYDNSports) September 9, 2020

4. I don't care about anything today except this. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let this be true.

Exclusive: 'Borat 2' has already been shot and screened by Sacha Baron Cohen. https://t.co/pmffUrPASk

— Collider (@Collider) September 8, 2020

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