The beloved show “Inside the NBA”, which houses Ernie Johnson, Charles BarkleyShaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith broadcast the last episode in the regular part of the season on Thursday evening, the hosts needed a moment to refer to some of their most striking moments from the history of the show.
Kenny Smith recalled his favorite of all time: the infamous donkey incident involving Charles Barkley after losing a bet. As Smith said, the bet was made back in 2002 Yao mingRookie season, when Barkley bravely claimed that the Chinese big man would never fall 20 points in the game.
Yao eventually hit a grade of 20 points six times that year. So, in order to get rid of the bets, Smith did not stay – he brought a real donkey to the set and forced Charles Barkley to fulfill his promise.
“My favorite moment is when Chuck never saw Yao Ming playing – he was rookie – and he said,” Yao Ming will never score 20 points in the game, Kenny, and if he does, I’ll kiss you ass. “
Smith said he had to be creative in order to count for a moment.
“I had to think outside the box,” Smith said. “So, I bought a donkey after Yao Ming scored 20 points and Charles had to kiss the ass. But instead of kissing the donkey anywhere, because he is not big – the donkey is ass – he actually kissed his ass in the ass.”
Barkley came in, saying he had no interest in kissing any animal on his mouth – unless it was a dog.
“I won’t kiss the animal on the lip,” Barkley said. “I will not kiss him unless the dog is.”
“But the butt is better?” Smith asked.
“Yes,” Barley replied, as the set broke into laughter.
“Within the NBA” he made his debut in 1989, the same year TNT began broadcasting NBA games. Ernie Johnson became a full time in 1990 and has remained since then. Kenny Smith joined in 1998, followed by Charles Barkley 2000 and Shaq 2011 after withdrawing from playing.
Charles Barkley supports Clippers as the second best in the West
Given that the western conferences are in the grid, things are far from the removed. AND Okc Thunder They locked the upper seed, sitting 14 games in front of the rocket no. 2 Houston. The Lakers are firmly affected in third place with the remaining two games.
But the real battle is from seed 4 to 8 – where only one game separates all five teams.
Charles Barkley on Thursday boldly anticipated the conference: after the thunder, he believes La Clippers are the next fine.
“I’ll say something crazy right away,” Barkley said. “Clippers could be the second best team in the west.”
“When they are healthy. But they are healthy. Hey, Kawhi Leonard is amazing for me man … Yes. I think the Clippers are the best team after Oklahoma City Thunder.”
Clippers, who ride a series of victories in six games, sit on number 5 with a 48-32-lounge record for the fourth place of Nuggets. Their last two games are key: first against Sacramento Kings, and then a big showdown with the Golden State Warriors number 6, which are just behind them at 47-33.
Edited by John Ezekiel Hirro
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2025-04-11 09:54:00
John Ezekiel Hirro
