Jamie Foxx posted a video of his ernie johnson impression after the San Antonio Spurs beat the New York Knicks 115-111 in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. The clip turned a late-game result into a quick social video built around the chemistry of Inside the NBA.
Foxx cycled through Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley in the same post, and he also name-dropped Kenny Smith while recreating the panel. His timing tied the video to a Finals matchup that already had a built-in audience, then added a second layer of attention around one of TV’s most recognizable studio crews.
Foxx Replayed The Studio
Foxx used Johnson’s voice to deliver, “I’m here, they’re there, we’re all here, Shaq is here, Charles is here. Kenny's here. What do you think, Shaq?” He followed with, “I don’t know what the fuck he said but we’re here, they’re going off. It’s great here in the Garden.”
He then shifted into Barkley mode with, “Ernie, Ernie, Ernie, Ernie, Let me, Ernie. Let me, Ernie. Let me say this. Ernie, let me say this. Shaq let me say this.” Foxx did the work of a full sketch in a few lines, which is why the post traveled as a sports-business clip instead of a one-off celebrity bit.
Inside The NBA Moves To
Inside the NBA is heading from TNT to for the 2025-26 season, but it will keep its full four-person panel at Studio J in Atlanta. The show is also covering the NBA Finals for the first time in its history, which gives Foxx’s impersonation a cleaner point of contact with the current TV moment.
Shaquille O'Neal said, “I'm looking at all the other shows, they're not even close.” That line fits the scale Foxx was playing with: the personalities are still the draw, and the network shift only puts a bigger spotlight on how the group sounds together.
Foxx’s 2017 NBA bit
Foxx had already done NBA impression work in 2017, when he performed a LeBron James impression for the First Take crew. This new clip extends that lane without changing the formula: he picks recognizable voices, compresses them into a short video, and lets the audience do the rest.
For readers following the TV side of the sport, the practical takeaway is simple. Foxx’s post keeps Inside the NBA in circulation while the show is in transition, and it reminds viewers that the panel’s personalities can still generate attention even away from the broadcast booth.
