‘You do not want to ask that’ – Shaq fears Charles Barkley will get them fired from NBA on TNT after awkward remarks
INSIDE the NBA devolved into chaos on Sunday night time after Charles Barkley requested an ungainly query.
Barkley’s NBA on TNT cohosts struggled to maintain him from digging deeper on an inappropriate query through the playoffs.
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Contained in the NBA was recapping the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ 121-100 win over the Miami Warmth when a graphic acquired Barkley’s curiosity.
Ty Jerome had an enormous night time for the Cavs, scoring 28 factors off the bench on Sunday night time.
The postgame present acknowledged this stat by exhibiting a graphic with Jerome listed alongside different gamers scoring factors of their playoff debut.
Jerome’s 28 factors sat in fourth place, proper behind Billy Ray Bates, who scored 29 factors off the bench in 1980.
Bates’ inclusion within the graphic brought on Barkley to spurt out a query with out pondering.
“I ponder if he is nonetheless alive?” Barkley mentioned.
That query was met with an ungainly silence whereas Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith dropped their heads in disbelief.
“It is a honest query!” Barkley adopted up.
“Not on nationwide tv!” Smith replied.
“Perhaps underneath your breath. Perhaps Google it.”
Johnson additionally acquired in on ragging on Barkley for his blunt query.
“Not until you recognize the reply,” he mentioned.
“You do not want to ask a query like that.”
Shaquille O’Neal finally chimed in to tell viewers that Bates had in truth “handed away.”
“I am unable to even ask questions now,” Barkley mentioned.
2025 NBA Playoff matchups
Western Convention:
Play-In Match:
- No. 7 Golden State Warriors vs No. 7 Memphis Grizzlies
- No. 9 Sacramento Kings vs No. 10 Dallas Mavericks
First Spherical:
- No. 1 Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder vs No. 8 seed
- No. 2 Houston Rockets vs. No. 7 seed
- No. 3 Los Angeles Lakers vs No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves
- No. 4 Denver Nuggets vs No. 5 LA Clippers
Jap Convention:
Play-In Match:
- No. 7 Orlando Magic vs No. 8 Atlanta Hawks
- No. 9 Chicago Bulls vs No. 10 Miami Warmth
First Spherical:
- No. 1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs No. 8 seed
- No. 2 Boston Celtics vs No. 7 seed
- No. 3 New York Knicks vs No. 6 Detroit Pistons
- No. 4 Indiana Pacers vs No. 5 Milwaukee Bucks
“You are gonna get us fired, Chuck!” Shaq replied.
Whereas Shaq knowledgeable viewers that Bates had died, he may must take Johnson’s recommendation and Google the topic.
There isn’t a report of Bates dying anyplace on the web.
Pages like Wikipedia nonetheless record him as alive and there are web sites the place he may be booked as a visitor speaker.
It appears possibly Barkley wasn’t incorrect to ask the query, as his TNT cohosts clearly weren’t positive in regards to the reply within the first place.
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