TNT Uses Nelly's 'Roundball Rock' Remix, and Fans Are Bewildered
Truly stunned to see this level of Nelly Erasure. pic.twitter.com/cm415dH0gz
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 12, 2020
I see you TNT using that Nelly song to sneak Roundball Rock in there.
— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) September 12, 2020
prevnexttruly disconcerting to hear TNT go to a commercial break with the Nelly song that samples Roundball Rock
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 12, 2020
I'm thoroughly disappointed to see that the timeline just discovered that Nelly sampled "Roundball Rock" 16 year ago.
— James Lipscomb (@Jimmy2Lips) September 12, 2020
TNT putting their own lyrics to “Roundball Rock” is a slight against Tim Robinson and I won’t stand for it.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) September 12, 2020
prevnextWas that John Tesh Roundball Rock with lyrics going to break?
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) September 12, 2020
Am I hearing this right, did they start using "roundball rock" again for the NBA theme, and also wrote WORDS for it?????
— Luke A Sportshan (@LukeMahan) September 12, 2020
OMG WHEN DID THEY GO BACK TO ROUNDBALL ROCK ON THE TNT BROADCAST?!!!!
— Nicky Football (@GetNickG) September 12, 2020
prevnextROUNDBALL ROCK FOREVER SLAP
— Are Candied Yams Candy? (@YoungQwan) September 12, 2020
Did I just hear (a knockoff version of) Roundball Rock on this basketball broadcast?!?!
— David Weiner (@BimaThug) September 12, 2020
Damn TNT playing that Nelly 'Heart of a Champion' at the end of the 3rd quarter. If only one of these networks had just bought the rights to 'Roundball Rock' 🤦🏾♂️
— CHAMPIONSHIP CHUCK™ (@DontBeAnUCH) September 12, 2020
prevnextTNT sneaking in roundball rock by playing heart of a champion by nelly folks give them an Emmy that is a MOVE
— Danault2430 (@Danno2430) September 12, 2020
I don’t know WHAT those lyrics TNT just played for Roundball Rock were, because THESE are the only acceptable lyrics: https://t.co/seLSSVFBrB
— Greg Iwinski (@garyJackson) September 12, 2020
Oh you really like roundball rock? You want a medal for being born between 1980 and 1992?
— Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) September 12, 2020
prevnext.@NBAonTNT playing Nelly’s “Heart of a Champion” is the closest we getting to Roundball Rock for #NBA games.
— Faisal Hassan (@Faazzla) September 12, 2020
Roundball rock has to be a top 5 easiest song to get stuck in your head and you can’t even be mad when it happens https://t.co/TuBCu8kmcN
— Paul Marboe (@pmarboe33) September 12, 2020
.@NBAonTNT just went to commercial during Raptors-Celtics with the lyrical interpretation of “Roundball Rock,” Heart Of A Champion, by Nelly https://t.co/Dje6GaKpQz via @YouTube
— Jeremy Schilling (@jschil) September 12, 2020
prevnextI love how @NBAonTNT doesn’t have the rights to “Roundball Rock” so they did the next best thing and used Nelly’s “Heart of a Champion” going to commercial at the end of the third #NBAPlayoffs #NBAonTNT
— Reez (@ReezHill) September 12, 2020
No one told me there's a Roundball Rock remix like the one TNT played just now.
— Mookie Alexander (@mookiealexander) September 12, 2020
TECHNICALLY ROUNDBALL ROCK ON TNT
YES IT'S THE NELLY SONG BUT STILL COUNTS
— Ryan McDonnell (@RyanMcD29) September 12, 2020
prevthese are not the right lyrics for roundball rock what are they doing
— jiminy 'fuck 12' cricket (@a_archj) September 12, 2020