‘The kids are watching,’ TNT viewers sigh as they beg NBA guest to ‘blur’ clay model in awkward live moment

THE Inside The NBA team might want to brush up on its clay modeling skills before taking another shot at the Larry O’Brien Trophy.

With regulars Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal absent on Tuesday night, Draymond Green and Vince Carter were brought in alongside Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith.

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Next to the hosts on the TNT set was the Larry O’Brien Trophy in all its glory.

This led Johnson to suggest that his colleagues try to recreate the gold award with modeling clay.

Green, Carter and Smith were each given a wooden board and a bowl of clay to work with, and just 9 to 0 seconds to create their masterpieces.

During the task, Johnson asked Carter if he thought he had “the artistic gene,” to which he bluntly replied, “no way.”

As it turned out, Carter wasn’t being modest.

When time ran out, the team watched as Green’s trophy collapsed, while Carter stated that Smith’s looked like a person sitting with their arms crossed.

Unfortunately for Carter, as far as viewers were concerned, his looked like something else entirely.

“Vince Carter just made a clay penis on national television,” one fan tweeted.

“Lmao they should let the Vince Carter clay out,” joked a second.

“Vince needs to dismantle his trophy as quickly as possible. The kids are watching haha,” added another.

While a fourth commented: “Notice how the camera avoided showing Vince’s????”

Clearly less than impressed, Johnson called out his colleagues for their attempts.

Returning to the subject, the hosts were deeply impressed by Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets following their third consecutive Conference Semifinal victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Jokic racked up 40 points, 13 assists and seven rebounds as the defending NBA champions defeated the Timberwolves 112-97 to claim a 3-2 series lead.

“It felt like a start to finish guys,” Carter said of the Serb’s performance.

Green, in turn, explained that he believes the series was practically lost by the Timberwolves.

“They don’t believe anymore,” he said, later adding, “When you lose belief, it’s over.”

Denver will try to close out the series on Thursday at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

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