As two legendary insiders in the history of the NBA, Barkley and O'Neal are still active in the eyes of fans after retiring, becoming commentators on TNT and pleasing the audience by mocking each other and creating topics on the show. Generally speaking, O'Neal is the dominant side, as he shows off his championship ring to Barkley countless times.
But on a recent show, O'Neill touted Barkley in a rare way. He praised the other party for his impressive achievements, despite their lack of size.
"You always hear the saying 'size doesn't matter,' and for Charles, that's the case. As a center, your height is usually 6'10", 6'11", or even 7 feet, but he is only 6'4", he doesn't care if you are taller, bigger, faster or stronger than him, he is just going to blow you up, there is nothing to stop this person. O'Neill said.
As the No. 5 show of the 1984 Diamond Generation, Barkley played for the 76ers, Suns and other teams in his 15-year career, during which he was selected as an All-Star 11 times, was selected to the All-Star Team 11 times, and won the regular season MVP in 1993 with 25.6 points, 12.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists.
Barkley is widely regarded as the uncrowned king, with a height of 198cm, he averaged 11.7 rebounds per game and became the rebounding champion in his third season with 14.6 rebounds per game.
It is worth mentioning that not long ago Buckley publicly stated in the show that he seriously considered retiring in a few years, he did not want to die next to the old fat O'Neill, I don't know if O'Neill praised the old wrongdoer this time, whether he was touched by this sentence, "conscience discovered".