“Anytime I can get his blood pressure up, I love it” Charles Barkley reveals ‘Best-Friend’ Shaquille O’Neal believes there’s no strategy in basketball

“Anytime I can get his blood pressure up, I love it” Charles Barkley reveals ‘Best-Friend’ Shaquille O’Neal believes there’s no strategy in basketball

Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley

Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley go all of the time at one another on TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” and it is fun 100% of the time to watch. In spite of the fact that their chitchat can get warmed now and then, it is all silly buffoonery as Barkley clarifies that he is simply attempting to show O’Neal something new.

More often than not, the two investigators have contradicting sees on how the game ought to be played, and Barkley gives a knowledge into why that is. Talking with Draymond Green on “The Draymond Green Show,” Barkley was inquired as to whether both of them had become truly annoyed with things that had been said. He answered:

“I hope I piss him off. What he really don’t understand is, he’s always been the best player and the biggest baddest dude.”

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Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O’Neal

Subsequent to clarifying that O’Neal wasn’t sure the way in which procedures are significant in playing ball, Barkley proceeded:

“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. But I wish he would sit back and say, ‘Oh, maybe there is a strategy. He has always been the biggest baddest dude. So, he refuses to believe there’s any strategy in basketball, and I just laugh my a** off because, like, ‘Yo, man, you do know there’s actually a strategy in basketball depending on who you’re playing against?’ But because of how great he was, he doesn’t care. So, anytime I can get his blood pressure up, I love it.”

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Shaquille O’Neal was a more successful than Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley
Charles Barkley

Albeit the two geniuses were accepted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Shaq O’Neal had a more effective profession. Shaq’s strength was unrivaled, and even Barkley recognizes his significance.

Barkley had just a single opportunity to bring home a title in his 16-year vocation however missed the mark in a six-game NBA Finals series. His loss came on account of the unbelievable Michael Jordan, who without any assistance denied other extraordinary NBA stars from coming out on top for a title.

Barkley and the Phoenix Suns arrived at the Finals however were matched against the Jordan-drove Chicago Bulls, who were en route to a three-peat. Regardless of Barkley’s 27.3 points, 13.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists in the series, it was not to the point of overcoming the Bulls, who shut the series in Game 6.

In any case, Shaq had a lot more opportunities to bring home championships and wound up winning four. His association with Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles acquired him a three-peat from 2000-2002 preceding he made a beeline for South Beach to collaborate with Dwyane Wade, which brought about a title for the Miami Heat in 2006.

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