Charles Barkley has been pretty consistent when it comes to his all-time NBA top-10 list.
And although he still believes LeBron James is outside the top five (really?), the issue we’re focusing on today is the fact that he left out his fellow Inside the NBA personality and Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal from his list, which he recounted on Thursday night.
That elicited some playful (?) anger from Shaq, which — as always — makes for some really good television.
Let’s start with the top 10 list: Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, and Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are right at the end.
But no Shaq!
Charles Barkley doesn't put LeBron in top 5, puts Kobe over LeBron pic.twitter.com/UacoYCkGsf
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) July 10, 2020
Here’s O’Neal:
"Are you kidding me Chuck, I’m not in your Top 10?” 👀
Charles really left @SHAQ off his Top 10 all-time NBA players list. pic.twitter.com/10HoWrZGpr
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) July 10, 2020
Charles vs. @SHAQ continues… 🤣 pic.twitter.com/iwOOpYjVsN
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) July 10, 2020
It doesn’t matter if you think O’Neal is top-10 or not. All that matters is that this is very funny.
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