A man walks into a bar but he has two friends along with him. The oldest joke in the book got a fresh spin on it. Thanks to Shaquille O’Neal, the image of the Los Angeles Lakers legend big man, NFL Hall of Hamer Shannon Sharpe, and Stephen A. Smith in a bar will forever be in fans’ minds. However, it wasn’t just the 3 of them in the same establishment that led to a video by the 7-footer going viral. Instead, it was the 3 of them trying to secure the same woman’s number.

Yes, you read that right. On the latest The Big Podcast, that is the situation O’Neal found himself deliberating. But it didn’t take him long to come up with an answer. “Me. You know why I’m getting the number?”  Then, the 4x NBA Champion would go on to explain his rather deep reasoning.

“Shannon’s gonna be too thirsty, ‘Stephen A, Stephen A, Stephen A, Stephen A.’ And Stephen A gonna try to sound too smart with them dumb big a** words he be using.” That is where the big fella will swoop in. “And she just gonna look at me and she already gonna know I got the Ph.D.” Because, obviously, it is his honorary degree that he worked so long and hard for, that’s going to entice the woman.

Further, his educational prowess should surely net him some favors in the ladies’ department. Diesel had one last gem to drop. “Hey man, they don’t call me Shaq-a-nova for nothing.”

Hang it in the Louvre, guys. Shaquille O’Neal just dropped a gem. However, if O’Neal’s buddy Charles Barkley has any say, the big man isn’t worthy of getting any action.

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What Charles Barkley thinks of “ugly” Shaquille O’Neal

Debating about GQ’s list of sexiest bald men, Barkley has been salty about his placement on the list. However, even imagining Shaq is impossible for the Chuckster. After an “Oh, hell no” to describe his co-host’s looks, he would go on a deeper rant about him.

Barkley hilariously said, “It didn’t hurt my feelings[to be left out of the list]. Because we found, first of all, he’s not sexy at all. He’s ugly. First of all, he’s ugly in South Africa and America. Shaq is ugly in all 50 states.”

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