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Charles Barkley and Shaq Argue Over Embiid’s All-Star Resume, Embiid Responds

Jim Adair

By Jim Adair

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Photo Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

As the All-Star reserves were officially announced last night, Charles Barkley told his TNT co-panelists that Joel Embiid deserved to have been an All-Star, which – as usual – precipitated a loud exchange of gas from Shaq’s mouth. After Kenny tried to make a Process joke that Charles wanted no part of, Shaq went in on Embiid’s minutes restriction, asking if his rest is an unfair advantage:

https://youtu.be/ovAnTOatc9Y?t=2m29s

Shaq doesn’t understand the meaning of “rhythm” because he never made a jump shot in his career, but it’s a real thing. Maybe Shaq is just more than a little salty that his Kings (he owns like 2% of the team, but still) blow. Embiid noticed:

Calling Shaq the “Big Goof” and pretending to not know his name is potentially the biggest burn Joel Embiid has ever issued, and this is a guy who said he was going to cook someone’s ass. Later in the show, Barkley tried to give some credit to Sam Hinkie, and *crickets*:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHJURy_2HRA&feature=youtu.be

We haven’t seen a whole lot of evidence of Joel Embiid playing angry, but I’d be really concerned about the rims and limbs on the Team USA side of the Rising Stars challenge.

Jim Adair
Jim Adair

When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.

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