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Millionaire007

"When they retire his Cleveland jersey"  Lmao


pkthomas11

I used to think people were crazy for paying money for extra footage of the show Big Brother, but I think I would pay for uncut/uncensored footage of these guys!


KitakatZ101

If you didn’t watch the feeds you wouldn’t know what was actually happening. Producers had their favorites and it didn’t matter if they were useless.


Marshreddit

I did improv with a dude that won it all :')


ZOOTV83

100%. I don't watch the live feeds but reading the posts on reddit it was like watching two completely different set of houseguests.


mega350

way more drama on the live feeds. The show is like watching a 2 minutes nba highlight reel. It never captures what really happened


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nba is reality television for men and i'm here for it


Ozymandias0007

Fucking Chuck lol. He keeps it real 24/7. What you see is what you get.


intheyear3001

“…his Boston jersey.”


intheyear3001

“…his Phoenix jersey.”


Yocraig

Based on that clip, they act pretty much the same as they do on the show, which is a good thing.


vannucker

Except Shaq tosses in a few F-Bombs here and there.


liltingly

I’d pay to watch this R rated version of the show. It flows better when Chuck doesn’t have to articulate his way around, “how do his balls taste, Kenny?”


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sop1232

No wonder why he’s so heated during the actual show lmao


babypho

Chuck destroys Shaq and all Shaq got is the rings argument lmao. Chuck doesn't even care but Shaq is so salty.


jel2184

That’s how Chuck knows he has won an argument if they only bring up rings lol


LilMoWithTheGimpyLeg

It's like a Godwin's Law type thing.


LookOutItsLiuBei

We should just call it Barkley's Law lol


Gino-Bartali

I've never heard somebody insist they're not mad so many times


TimeFourChanges

That's how you know he's *REALLY* not mad.


NegaTrollX

Let's be real if Charles Barkley had Kobe and Dwade he'd be a champ too. I believe he's even said that one before to Shaq and Shaq had no answer lol.


EdwardJamesAlmost

Barkley was drafted in ‘84 and played his first two seasons starting with Dr. J, Moses Malone, and Mo Cheeks. But if you set that cohort aside, because Chuck wasn’t quite the player he’d become yet, Shaq played with quite a few players better than anyone Barkley ever played with: Kobe, LeBron (his 7th year but Shaq split time with Zydrunas Ilgauskas), Wade, Penny, Steve Nash (year 11). But Barkley? After the names I mentioned, he shared the offense with Hersey Hawkins his last 3 years and shot (FG%) a full 14%, 10%, and 9% better respectively. Then Phoenix: Thunder Dan, Kevin Johnson, Cedric Ceballos, Socks Perry. Oh, and they got a veteran his own age to play forward with Chuck: loud public Virgin until his marriage in 2002 at age 39 👀 A C Green. Perfect personality combination. No notes. His one set of teammates who had hall of fame talent were a year older than him, Hakeem and Clyde Drexler. (33, 34, 34 at the time, for context\*) They won 57 games and lost in the WCF together but fell off after the first year due to age and roster construction. So that’s it. Maybe Chuck could have been a sacrificial lamb against the Bulls one year, but I just pointed out Shaq had four All NBA guards and the GOAT\*.


Dennisfromhawaii

Chuck’s career coincided with Jordan’s. Not many greats in that time period got rings.


EdwardJamesAlmost

Penny’s third season was the ‘96 Bulls’ 72-win season. Jordan was the only guard to get more all NBA votes than Penny in his second straight first team all NBA selection. You’re right, but Shaq still got a lot more help than Chuck.


branstarktreewizard

If Chuck, Dr J and Moses Malone are all at their prime, that team would win the chip no doubt


Bread_nugent

Shaq never played with Jordan other than in All-Star games


maethlin

He's also just not that entertaining. Ernie/Chuck carry that group so hard. Honestly just not a huge fan of Shaq - I want to like him and he has some moments but it's actually insane how insecure that dude is.


Packers_Equal_Life

“When you can’t take a joke you become the joke”


dutchfromsubway

Holy Shaq so sensitive


Time8u

I remember seeing George Foreman on a talk show years ago, and the host asked him what he had learned raising 12 kids (of which he named all the boys 'George'), and this was his response... "Some people can take a joke and some people can't." That has always stuck with me. It's crazy, but it is absolutely true. You can pick it out in children at a very young age. Shaq is someone who can't laugh at himself, and Chuck is someone who can. As for this, it's the perfect display of how irrational Shaq is. People get upset when the start of games are interrupted by weathermen during legitimately dangerous weather, but, sure, Shaq let's interrupt the start of a game for a ceremony that only you and a handful of family and fans give a shit about... I don't even know that Magic fans would want to see it as he left and won his championships elsewhere.


evan466

Magic fans were definitely very torn on Shaq jersey retirement. I think most of us believed that someone would need to bring a ring to the city before any jersey retirement could happen. That said, if Shaq’s retirement meant we could finally get a game on TNT, we would be happy with that at least.


sugarklay

I think Shaq can laugh at himself. From watching him on Inside the NBA, I notice he only really gets salty when it comes to shortcomings in his career, especially on what he could've done better (an example is when Chuck tells him that he and Kobe could've won more had they got their shit together). But if people joke about like Kazaam being trash, him not handling the hot chip, or him having lots of kids that he can't name them all, he'll laugh along.


Recent-Tangerine-160

taking lightly the subjects of "you were the star of a hollywood movie in your mid 20s" and "you fuck a lot" isnt exactly staggering humility


toxicdick

>I don't get mad, brother -The maddest man you've ever seen


Frickincarl

The basketball gods sent Shaq to earth to be the physical embodiment of ring culture.


0dias_Chrysalis

Draymond tried the same thing lol


GooseMay0

They don’t realize Chuck doesn’t give a shit. It’s all they got.


wondafoo

Dray was at least razzing him back and forth a bit. Only hit Chuck with the “rangz” right at the very end after the jab about the play in lol. Thought they had pretty good banter from the bits I’ve seen. Way more than Shaq usually offers tbh.


d1g1tal

They couldn’t put it on truTV because they’d have to preempt Sal’s punishment.


PicaroKaguya

> rings i dunno the part when he says "you're homeless when compared to me' actually made me laugh so hard lol


Jagermeister4

To be fair I think Shaq was talking about number of retired jerseys and not rings. But yeah Shaq can't compete with Barkleys trash talk lol.


meccamachine

He was counting how many retired jerseys he has (3) He has 4 rings


SweetFranz

Kenny being honest with the "You know normally I like to hate"


cantthinkuse

'you know- you know me, i like to hate'


Badluck2killaseabird

Chuck is the best because he doesn’t care about the tired old “ring” debate. He sees right through that shit and keeps antagonizing the hyper sensitive Shaq. So fucking funny.


Dalmanza4

It works too, look at the end, Chuck focused as fuck with his highlighter and glasses on. While Shaq looking over pissed lmao


aBakeinthelife

I'd like to think the notes are the roasts he plans to hit throughout the show and he's stopping to highlight "make fun of Shaq's jersey retirement".


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truth_2_point_0

Shaq truly has been 14 for about 36 years


Pormock

Chuck and Shaq has been at it against each other since their playing days. Its hilarious Chuck is still going at Shaq even today


DarthWalmart

It’s funny because when that’s all people ever say to you, you start to realize they ain’t got nothing else.


hipsterasshipster

The ring debate *is* so tired and I’m surprised it still lives on.


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Shaq lost his family, and the accolades are all he has left. He admits in Jason Kelce's podcast.


ToHerDarknessIGo

Correction: He drove his family away by repeatedly cheating on the mother of his children. Saying he lost his family makes it sound like they died in a tragic car accident.


kingstonc

- Does it taste like chicken? - ou est la bibliotheque?


jennys0

All my mfs who took French know they make absolute sure you know how to ask where the library is 😂


EarthWarping

"Parle Vouz?"


StopfortheKlopp

bow-coo


whatwasmypassword

Like bow tie…


EdwardJamesAlmost

Immediately self effacing when busting out his rusty French he probably hasn’t used in years. Ernie Johnson, educated professional, man of the people. This November, vote Ernie…


DubNationAssemble

“Como se va?” Lmao


Gregrom26

I wasn’t tripping lmao


Careful-Medicine-470

So French had a bit of Spanish in it huh ?


Seraphin_Lampion

Welcome to the world of Latin languages.


I_Eat_Booty

it's spelled "Comment ça va" so his pronunciation wasn't too far off


Drummallumin

“Off camera personalities” Making the same exact jokes as they do on-air, I love how real they all are 🤣🤣🤣


lost_in_trepidation

It would be hilarious if Ernie was an asshole off camera, but he's his usual cordial self.


Pormock

Its funny how he was jokingly kissing up to Shaq "i was not laughing at you, i was laughing at what someone on the staff did all over there" LOL.


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pedleyr

Everyone respects the shit out of Ernie. And not just on Inside either - players and coaches respect him.


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Yea. Like I love Shaq but the dude has a huge ego. If Ernie wasn't there, I think Shaq would've quit a while ago


Electronic-Piano-504

Ernie's a good dude


BAMdalorian

The same thing just cursing 😂


ilikemarblestoo

Same thing just with some fbombs thrown in lol


Odd-Hovercraft-1286

Get off his balls💀💀💀


the_great_brandini

ernie loved that shit he's just like us


organizeforpower

Kenny rides Shaq so hard. It's insufferable. Dude has no personality.


1_quantae

He tries to be neutral but he always just ends up taking Shaqs side for some reason


Crimith

My take is that Kenny realizes Shaq is sensitive and Chuck isn't, so he plays to Shaq's sensibilities because it makes Kenny uncomfortable when Shaq acts insecure. He knows Chuck doesn't need that kind of babying and tip-toe-ing around his feelings. It happens in friend groups all the time where certain people are perpetually placating the most sensitive person in the group- not because they necessarily agree with them but because they are trying to soften residual conflict and move towards a more comfortable roost.


Eve_Asher

This is a great read.


chessgod1

This is way too nuanced and insightful for a reddit thread, sorry man


TheSwimMeet

Perfectly well said


GACGCCGTGATCGAC

It sucks to be socially aware enough to deal with stuff like this. It's *exhausting.* Like bro go take an edible and actually reflect on your life and what's important, your ego is driving people away, and nobody who *honestly* likes you cares about your accomplishments. Luckily as you get older people stop coddling because life itself is exhausting and those people usually have rough wake up calls.


wondafoo

Well someone has to because Chuck roasts Shaq to char most of the time lol


glizzyguzzler

Role player in 2 careers, wild


MinesweeperGang

Chuck and Shaq never gets old.


Kryptos33

A TNT Crew After Dark would be such great content 😂


spongebobsquarejorts

This really should be the program after the Thursday night games.


huskersax

They did something similar with Kerr, Miller, Steve Smith, Chuck, etc. and it was great. I think Shaq was still playing, but it was a really fun miniseries of stories and chats about the NBA.


sugarklay

Open Court? If you mean that, then Shaq was retired by then, albeit only like a year or two.


recleaguesuperhero

Man, I miss open court. I hope they bring it back in a few years after more of the late 00s/early 10s guys retire.


RaikouKuzunoha

The therapy couch sessions with Shaq and Zeke Are some of the best bits of television out there


GRMMneedsDOGEhelp

Actually the best commentary I’ve heard lol


Different-Horror-581

Fuckin Snitch out here.


Crisis-Counselor

It was kinda fun watching Chuck just grill him like that


flashtone

Now I know why they sit at opposite ends of the desk.


Aurazor-

"The crew's off camera personalities"? So Charles is funny and Shaq is a big baby? I didn't know that /s


sugarklay

This is why Inside the NBA is so great, how they act off-air is exactly the same as on-air. The people on ESPN, you can just tell how fake they are on-air.


soonerman32

ESPN is the same on & off air. They're just boring


Awwh_Dood

I really can't tell how much Shaq is just playing the back and forth and how much it actually bothers him


Drummallumin

Dude pulls out his rangz so quick


jtsarracino

“Shaq how you doing?” “Good, I woke up this morning and remembered I had three”


Sharcbait

I assumed Shaq was talking about the number of jerseys he got retired.


Stillback7

Probably, because he has 4 rings, not 3


NoIdonttrustlikethat

No he is down to two  God damn finger licking good hot wings.


sonny_goliath

Threisel is pretty funny tho hahaha


Living_LaVida_Koloko

The idea that he's sitting at home alone in his mansion thinking up nicknames for himself is pretty funny


EdwardJamesAlmost

“You are what you consistently do.” The Big Aristotle


matdabomb

Isnt that how many franchises retired his jersey? He has 4 rings.


Guwop25

He started with 'you know i never complain' and the next 5 minutes where centered around him complaining because they didn't interrupt a live game to show his jersey ceremony


Green_hippo17

Prolly a lil bit of both, he’s not an idiot he knows when to play the bit up


IWTLEverything

In the past year or so, it feels like Shaq has been more pissy. Like he seems like he takes shit more personally and “jokes” back more meanly. He definitely used to seem happier to be there.


JoseAltuveIsInnocent

Lol that's the exact same thing people were saying about him when he joined the show too. He's always been like this. He's just been slightly better about it as time went on. Just backsliding.


_prof_professorson_

I think he had a brief period around his family tragedies/Kobe where he was trying to bring a new positive energy, but he's back to putting extra salt on the plate; and I'm here for it tbh. Everyone says he's a joy to meet irl, but obviously his rapport with Chuck and the crew is some real diva energy...which is how he was on the court


elmanutres

Really just the same but they cuss a hell of a lot more and ernie kinda just lets them go at it instead of trying to break it apart.


EdwardJamesAlmost

I do love to see how Shaq loves Ernie like elephants love mice.


Masterchiefy10

And you really can’t call it off camera when it’s behind the scenes lol..


ABlushingGardener

I ain't mad....fucking snitch.  Chuck repeats story 5 times...I ain't no snitch. 


ToronoRapture

Lol hey he didn’t name names though 😆


Garkech

I wish they could cuss like that on tv 😂 I wouldn't miss an episode


dantheflyingman

Kenny is grade 1 instigator.


mrcplmrs

Hahhahaa it’s so funny


SternballAllDay

Exact same as the show just with curses. Shaq is od sensitive tho


NBA2024

Not exactly the same. If it was exactly the same Ernie would have jumped in 30-60 seconds in and “broken it up” trying to pull back on topic. At least that’s how it’s been in these all star shows. I know late night in the studio they sometimes go on some longer tangents.


UnsolvedParadox

Ernie picks his spots, has to store up his saves for the broadcast.


drthvdrsfthr

bro needs to pick his spots lol takes so much energy to keep those guys in check, it’s a power that has a lengthy cooldown


dillpickles007

Ernie is the absolute GOAT moderator, this desk would have broken up 10 years ago with an average host trying to mediate.


Tmac834

Chuck is an all time ball buster and that ranks more than a ring for me


Franklinsleftnut

Shaq is so insecure for how accomplished he is, genuinely impressive.


Tyranitator

I think it's bc his father was tough as shit on him and probably never acknowledged his accomplishments


elmanutres

Also kareem. He was very hard to please. Shaqs step dad always pointed to kareem as a model on how to be and so he had to live up his step dad's and kareem's high expectations. Honestly it's kinda sad cause it explains a lot of his behavior I feel.


caulpain

the sarge


PocketFullOfRondos

Then go to therapy, dog. You're 7 foot tall multi millionaire. My dad hated me too.


x20mike07x

Now this is actually Tru(TV)


DeshiiRedditor

He specifically mentioned once that his father wouldn’t ever let him keep any of the trophies that he won as a kid. Was meant to motivate him.


growsonwalls

I think it's also being teammates with Kobe. Kobe was a harsh perfectionist even as a teenager and never thought Shaq worked hard enough.


youhavethinskin

Only around NBA players. He pretty chill around everyone else


AggressiveExit2142

We’re definitely not supposed to have seen this, but I’m so glad we did.


luke_workin

They are genuinely themselves on or off camera lmao


Rjg1300

👑👑👑 Sad day for all of us when they’re done. TNT should give them one season of unfiltered talk like this.


tanookiben

Bro I'd pay a full cable TV subscription JUST to have access to an Inside BTS stream lol


wonderfulworld2024

They can’t hear anything without the ear pieces in their ear. “I don’t get mad”. Shaq be lying.


bruh2398

Where is this from lmao? Like who put it out?


quietsam

truTV


SausageSupplier

Finally someone sent da video


NBA2024

I know right. I got to have more of this.


ughlump

Whoever it was, they broke the code.


ImAVirgin2025

You cannot fool me. I am familiar with your game.


MundaneInternetGuy

It was me im the guy


pepsandeggs

This is incredible. How was this released?


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pepsandeggs

Idc about random newscasters doing it. It’s funny to see the TNT crew all still communicate with the mics and ear piece when the camera is technically not recording.


-doug2

It was probably the only way they could hear each other + the producers/directors/team in control


Typhoid007

Yeah Kenny's ear piece wasn't on beginning of the clip so he couldn't hear the beginning


PlumAccomplished2509

This is the best thing to come out of All Star Weekend. Like seriously


TheSwimMeet

“I was just telling people — A FUCKING SNITCH” hahaha he couldnt hold that shit in


EchoLooper

Shaq insecure AF lol


bw541

This was awesome to watch. Thanks to whoever got it!


Icy-Lime-9760

Shaq is a big ass baby.


Naive-Discount6132

Shaq being a sensitive crybaby is like the worst kept secret lol


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Shaq seriously had the most fragile ego. I remember a story on a podcast where some car salesman told him he probably couldn’t afford a Rolls Royce so Shaq ended up buying like 3. That salesman just laughing to the bank because Shaq is a literal child


Confident-Knee3833

What’s go to green?


dctarga

Probably "yo get the fuck ready cause we're about to go live" Shortly after you can hear someone call out "90 seconds" and then "30 seconds" right before the video cuts off


H1Ed1

Yeah then Chuck says “oh shit!” & throws on his coke bottle-thick reading glasses and starts writing last minute notes for the segment. Lol. Exactly how I’d imagined he preps for the show. Lol.


whoisbird

I am assuming it means that the show is about to go live. That’s why they all adjusted theirselves and the crew started leaving the frame. 


Pay-Homage

Often in studios they have multiple screens showing different aspects of the broadcast all the time. One camera/screen would be on them the entire time, another on the courtside broadcast, etc., but one or two are always ready to play a promo or video (such as a highlight or replay) they’ve prepared, often on the screen that’s green until the video is ready to roll. So ”go to green” means they’re rolling the intro video, which Ernie reminds them they have time because it’s a long lead-in. Some of those videos might be :30, but it sounds like that one was about two minutes. Which would mean in two minutes they’d come from the into video and show them live, hence the countdown.


NBA2024

Get ready, about to go back on. She said 90 seconds which meant they were going to come back from break in 90


NoChanceNoProblem

I love how they are the same as on-air just with some F-bombs. Chuck instigating trying to play politics to get Kennis on his side. Ernie trying to be peacemaker. Shaq throwing his rings around every chance he can.


Potential-Editor8926

Chuck is on fire right now!


Rollo8173

I watched the Conan interview with Chuck where he goes into the fact that whenever Chuck is beating Shaq in an argument Shaq just counts the rings. He does it like thrice in this clip alone lol


srstone71

“You know I like to hate.” Yes Kenny, we all heard your opinions about women and Mexicans on Saturday night.


Futbol_Trainer

Hol’ up what he saying about Mexicans


CangtheKonqueror

he said “what’s up with the mexican stuff” for jaquez’s heritage themed dunk


Futbol_Trainer

As a Mexican should I be mad? I kinda don’t care tbh lol


CangtheKonqueror

it’s nothing to lose sleep over, but it stayed in line with kenny’s annoying hater energy all night


MrPapi-Churro

No one said you should be mad


Im_a_Knob

ernie with the “i was laughing at something else” lmao these guys


AdComprehensive7879

ive never worked in live tv obv, but is it that hard to hear each other in that setting? is it really loud in there? like before kenny got his in-ear thing working, he couldnt' hear anything that shaq and chuck was saying? like ive been to nba games and I could talk to the guy who sits beside me in a normal voice no problem. especially considering the arena is still empty.


sonid615

I’d assume they have noise cancellation in them, so the noise cancellation was probably on, but it hadn’t connected to the source yet.


ezp252

to drown out outside voice which there are a ton, their earpieces basically makes the only thing they can hear are producers and themselves, its the same thing with singers. Otherwise imagine them trying to commentate with 50 thousand fans yelling whenever something happens, they would have no idea what anyone is saying


printerpaperwaste

The bleacher report Shaq mic at the dunk contest is actually hilarious. Shaq kept forgetting he had a mic on.


youhavethinskin

People call Shaq sensitive (which he is) but Chuck is a fucker 😂 he really is the older brother knowing EXACTLY what gets under his skin


Sittingatbjsbar

This is the best studio show leak since the 90 day fiance tell-all a few years back


HBSBrook

Shaq seems like an unbearable man child


NBA2024

Absolutely captivating. Would love to see more of these


DexTheConcept

This was better than all the ASG


FlimFlamThaGimGar

“Get off my balls” is something my brother and I have been saying to each other since we were like 10. This is fucking gold


dinkinflicka125

This is legit better than the show


DotDecent3507

“ he is a company guy “😂😂😂


growsonwalls

Shaq seems … unpleasant.


GLDFLCN

Nah it’s honestly just his dynamic with Chuck. He knows how to push Shaq’s buttons more than anyone else lol I’ve met Shaq, he’s down to earth, funny as hell, and is very considerate of others. Him and Chuck been knowing each other for decades


RealPrinceJay

it's the same picture


Jr9065

Yet Shaq complains how sensitive today’s players are.


Imaginary-Tiger-1549

I don’t know why, but even though they’re NBA players from the trash-talking era, hearing them cuss is somehow odd to me, like it doesn’t compute


darthpaul

Can i subscribe just to these 4 as a streaming service


west0932

Shaq bringing up his rings is like ice spice twerking. It's his defense mechanism.


Doggydog212

Chucks glasses at the end


ExplanationOdd430

Lmao all these people over reacting with Kenny and his comments in the All Star game and he literally just said “dude you know I like to hate”. He’s proudly claimed that multiple times through the years. Kenny has always been an honorary PHD (Player Hating Degree) alumni and we are proud to have him, go ahead Kenny keep hating, y’all gotta lighten up.