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Charles Barkley Roasts Shaquille O’Neal While Commentating at the Match Featuring Tom Brady

Published 06/01/2022, 10:57 PM EDT

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Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley are one of the most comedic duos on television. Despite retiring from the NBA years ago, they continue to entertain fans with their banter. Constantly playing jokes and throwing insults at one another, they are bringing a smile to everyone.

Recently, Barkley was missing his panel mate Shaq while commentating over golf. However, that did not stop Chuck from shredding the Big Diesel as he saw their favorite Tom Brady take on the challenge of golf.

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The relationship timeline of Shaq and Charles has one of the most bizarre starts. They started off as bitter rivals when they wore their sneakers and went to work. This went on for several years and got to a point where their mothers had to come in between.

Since then, they have worked on Inside the NBA together and are great friends. Moreover, it also led to the start of one of the most comedic relations on television today.

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Recently while commentating over Capital One’s golf game which had Tom Brady playing, Barkley expressed his relief to be away from Shaq.

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Charles Barkley enjoys the Tom Brady show without Shaq

Capital One’s golf tournament is one of the best initiatives of recent times. Over the six times that it has taken place, the competition has raised a lot of money for donations. The biggest athletes meet on the 12-hole golf course to battle it out.

This time, two generational QBs, Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, took on young NFL superstars Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. Charles Barkley is one of the guys commentating over the game. And while fans are missing Shaq on the live telecast, Barkley seems to be one of the happiest guys.

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While there aren’t many things Shaq and Barkley agree to, their mutual love for Brady is public. However, only Charles got to see the legendary NFL quarterback play tonight. And he made sure to let Shaq know how he feels not having him there.

Chuck did not waste any time and went straight into roasting the Big Diesel. He said: “That’s the good thing about golf, I don’t have to be around that idiot.”

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Barkley once again proved why the two NBA Hall of Famers are never short of making people laugh. Their banter-fueled interactions were at their peak during the NBA playoff series. Notably, their arguments and clever insults have won over the hearts of the NBA world.

However, the news comes that the Inside the NBA crew won’t be covering the NBA Finals this season.

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At the end of the day, no matter basketball or any other sport, Chuck and Shaq will never stop the banter between them. They are going to continue to pick at each other and make sure fans have the best time. Things like these are what makes Inside the NBA such a hit among the NBA fanbase.

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Anuj Talwalkar

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Anuj Talwalkar is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. He is a student studying at NM College in Mumbai, aspiring to pursue sports management to follow his love for sports. Anuj started following the NBA last year, and he loves to combine his passion for writing with his understanding of basketball.
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