Despite Brother Like Relationship, Shaquille O’Neal Tears Into Charles Barkley: “If You Don’t Know, Then You Shouldn’t Be Speaking”

Inside the NBA with Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, and Shaquille O’Neal is a fan favorite. The four of them discuss everything that falls under the umbrella of the NBA all while taking shots at one another. Fans live for the Shaq-Barkley moments in particular because that is where the humor is at. Much like a sibling relationship, they have immense love and respect for each other. But this doesn’t hold them back from roasting and getting into arguments.

For Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley means a lot. He stated that Barkley taught him how to play the game with “reckless abandonment”.  He said, “My daddy used to tell me all the time, ‘You got to rebound like Barkley and get some elbows up.’” Despite this, Shaq is always looking for the opportunity to take a dig at Barkley. 

Shaquille O’Neal takes a shot at Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley is an 11-time All-Star but never secured a championship ring. Shaq, who has 4 championship rings, doesn’t miss out on reminding Barkley of his shortcoming.  While doing so, Shaq is seen constantly questioning Barkley about how he knows about a ‘certain setting’ when Barkley hasn’t experienced it.

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In an interview, Shaq said, “I want to know how you know something, period. If you don’t know, then you shouldn’t be speaking on it so adamantly,”. 

Shaq continued to state that he knows about this ‘certain setting’ because he has been a contender in the finals 6 times. He mentioned that Kenny Smith has won twice so he too knows. But with Barkley, it is different. He said, “You can give your opinion, but how do you know?”. 

Charles Barkley loves to rile Shaq up

On Draymond Green’s podcast, Barkley spoke about how Shaq doesn’t believe in strategies. Rather Shaq gets annoyed when the word strategy is mentioned. Barkley believes that because Shaq was such a good player, he doesn’t bother about the strategies involved in basketball.

He said, “I know every time I call him out on the strategy he gets so pissed, and I love it. It’s fun for me to rile him up.” However, Barkley hopes that one day Shaq realizes that basketball is all about strategies.

For Barkley, it is simple. He just wants to get Shaq’s blood pressure shooting upward. Amidst all this fun and fights, it is safe to say that the duo’s chemistry is unmatchable.

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