On Tuesday night, Inside the NBA was at its best.
There was plenty of banter, including Charles Barkley insinuating that Hakeem Olajuwon got in Shaquille O'Neal's head as a player, and culminating later with O'Neal dunking a basketball in-studio to prove his colleagues wrong.
Here's the clip of the whole exchange, which included Ernie Johnson and Kenny "The Jet" Smith asking the 52-year-old Shaq not to hurt himself on live televison.
Shaq had to prove Kenny and Chuck wrong with the dunk 🤣 pic.twitter.com/24b4nP5s4O
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) December 4, 2024
And here's the producer's angle of the proceedings, which is in some ways even better than the live shot.
"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?" 😂 https://t.co/g3HlODn9Fd pic.twitter.com/ycoqKquW24
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) December 4, 2024
Shaq's reaction was simple: "Are you not entertained?" he quipped with a huge smile on his face.
NBA fans loved every minute of it.
I'd take this Shaq at 50+ over Celtics Shaq
— Brandon (@bj21QB) December 4, 2024
Shaq with pop
— yomments (@yomments) December 4, 2024
Shaq out four weeks due to injury
— BIGKATSHOP (@skatnbaker123) December 4, 2024
These 4 are gold together
— Rob (@gnarlkill13) December 4, 2024
Put some respect on @shaq
— Da Franchise (@Da_Franchise) December 4, 2024
Almost broke the glass again
— Casual (@CasualScruvh223) December 4, 2024
Long live Inside the NBA.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as NBA Fans Loved Shaquille O'Neal's Dunk in His Suit on 'Inside the NBA'.
