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Shaquille O?Neal and Charles Barkley are one of the funniest duos on TV. Fans around the world love the NBA legends’ hilarious antics on NBA on TNT. Furthermore, the crew is funny as well giving their honest takes with some humor. Unsurprisingly, Shaq and Barkley pull each other’s legs and they can take it as much as they can give. The four-time NBA champion took to social media recently to share a hilarious video of the crew making fun of Barkley.

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The Philadelphia 76ers legend has always been a major target of jokes about never winning an NBA title during his illustrious career. A lot of current players and fans troll him for the same as well.

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Shaquille O?Neal shared a funny interaction

The NBA on TNT showcases some funny tweets from fans about the crew. In one of the recent segments of Inside the NBA,?a funny tweet from a fan about Charles Barkley was featured. Shaquille O?Neal shared the video clip of the crew’s hilarious discussion about the tweet on Instagram. It was a video clip of two cats with the caption, “Chuck after the show!”?As the clip was aired, Shaq questioned, “Don’t you mean Chuck and Kenny after the show?”

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Ernie Johnson had an interesting doubt. He asked, “Which one is Kenny?” Barkley replied, “You know which one is Kenny!”?O’Neal pushed, “Which one?” Chuck looked like he wanted to answer but stopped himself!

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However, the Los Angeles Lakers legend seemingly understood what his colleague was trying to imply and could not stop laughing. On the other hand, Kenny Smith just sat there shaking his head in disbelief during the whole conversation. However, fans loved the interaction amongst the crew and flooded the comment section to address their favorite duo.

The birth of the duo of Barkley and O’Neal on TV

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Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal were one of the fiercest competitors during their playing careers. They once had a feisty altercation during a game. Their mothers who were close friends then had to intervene to make the Hall of Famers squash the beef. The two have been close friends ever since. However, not many imagined they could be one of the most popular and funniest duos on TV. Long-time producer Tim Kiely recently revealed when exactly he knew Barkley and Shaq would work great together.

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Kiely made an appearance on The Steam Room podcast recently where he talked about this. He said that he once saw O’Neal and Barkley wrestling for fun in a parking lot which made him believe the two could be special together on TV.

Are Chuck and Shaq the funniest NBA duo? Are they your favorite too? Let us know in the comments below!

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Bagavathi Eswaran is a senior NBA writer at EssentiallySports, having a strong passion for the sport since the age of ten. As a former college player, Bagavathi has been following the NBA for more than a decade and has found his calling in writing about the sport. He has used his expertise in covering the NBA, as well as other arenas of the sport, to write more than 1400 articles at ES. Bagavathi's pieces on the increasingly dominant presence of European basketball and those following the journey of women-ballers are particularly noteworthy. Along with being a full-time writer, he is also a part of a group of young coaches groomed as trainers by Junior NBA. Bagavathi has trained players from schools and colleges, as well as underprivileged students who can attend the camps for free.

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