[Highlight] Kenny Smith tries to tell a story about what Hakeem Olajuwon used to say to him, but Charles Barkley interrupts
“Kenny, get me some water.” Iconic line.
Bro I’m dying 😂
Who upvotes a quote of the only joke in a ten second video lmao
Who gets one of the five total words in the quote wrong?
Ernie laughing really brings it home. He usually has enough composure to not laugh but Chuck really brought his A game
Quick as lightning too. He’s explaining the current game, completely pivots into some historical take and before he can begin the second part of his sentence, Chuck beat him with a hilarious joke.
Chuck probably takes a shower every night and never has had an after-the-fact argument with himself while he’s putting shampoo or olive oil or whatever on that glass dome, basically because he never misses his window to say what he was thinking like I always seem to do.
Chuck really is a god among men
I hear “can he get me some water” and was a little confused at first.
This is Charles’ best one-liner ever IMO
He’s so quick with it, he didn’t even have to think about it. There’s no nice way to say this, but the fact that you can tell Kenny was genuinely hurt/insulted by this line makes it hilarious
Ernie to Shaq: “Who do they mistake you for?”
Charles: “Shrek”
Chuck has lots of em.
Also, back to Kenny. I remember him getting so insulted/insecure when Chuck told him that if Bill Clinton saw him, Bill would say, “Go get me a hotdog.” He even showed Chuck a picture of him and Bill Clinton in the White House to prove that Clinton knew him, but it was a cropped pic of Clinton talking with Olajuwon, with Kenny just in the background lol
He even showed Chuck a picture of him and Bill Clinton in the White House to prove that Clinton knew him, but it was a cropped pic of Clinton talking with Olajuwon, with Kenny just in the background lol
This is like, the kind of shit you see playing out in a sitcom lmao
Replace Chuck with Jim Halpert, Kenny with Michael Scott, and Olajuwon with David Wallace or Jo Bennett or Robert California
“Hey America, if you gonna commit a crime, don’t write a check”
“you know who was asking about you the other day?” “who?” “nobody”
During the all star draft when he said, he got traded. He’s healthy now” about harden.
Or the classic, “I’m a dumbass!”
POLICE PRESENCE
Kenny was hella flustered after that 😂
Kenny had a decent comeback all things considered
He was even quicker with the “heavy” comment than Chuck was with the water comment lol
Yeah but the water comment was witty, calling Chuck fat is not.
If it was Shaq he would’ve been even more butthurt and start his rant about rings lol.
For me it’s this one or the line to Shaq about being in Kazaam 2. Lol.
It’s a really, really good off the cuff joke. It’s quick, it uses characterization, and it responds directly to what was said, not just what was said to him. It’s a dagger.
Yeah, Chuck would be the first to say he’s not the smartest but the man is extremely quick witted.
Two…when two… paying two black guys to beat another black guy up.
This is my second favorite Chuck line after “Who, Shrek?”
“Looks like me and Shaq had a baby” is up there as well
“When a guy is banging you”
“Soda’s flat, they put pickles on the nachos”
I got this bracelet from a guy in the steam room.
I got two words for you
Jonas Val-an-see-noo-on-sauce
“We gonna send them to Galveston, where that dirty ass water be washing up on the shore and you people think they at the beach.”
“Hey man, you know what I want? MEAT.”
“there goes gollum” when the camera pans to sam cassell
Funniest athlete ever
Don’t even think it’s close in American sports
Blake griffin is pretty funny
the Casey Anthony tweet is an all timer
“Accidentally hit a squirrel today and could barely sleep. Casey Anthony is a monster”
Rent free in my head
I still belly laugh every time I read it
Anthony Edwards takes the cake for unintentionally funny
Still miles away from Chuck
People should see his episode on Bad Friends. He is funny and witty
He has writers though, so I dock him down a bit
Vernon Maxwell’s twitter is HOF status
Oh man, good shout
I hope I find someone who loves me as much as Vernon Maxwell hates Utah one day
speaking of Hakeem and Mad Max, Max’s story of (H)Akeem slapping the shit outta him is hilarious. Max is a hilarious story teller.
KD’s burner
Legacy points deducted
Marshawn?
I’ve also heard him described as possibly the funniest American, excluding professional comedians
Funnier than many comedians on tv.
There’s a clip of a comedian saying how Blake absolutely killed it at an open mic event
probably not THE funniest but jeff teague is pretty funny
OJ in The Naked Gun
That kind of timing is what made him such a great rebounder at 6’6”.
Ah the Covid desk, good times
It’s the size of desk that Colin Cowherd envies
“Kenny bring me some water” is so diabolical. I laugh every time I see this clip.
Joking aside… he’s probably not wrong.
Kenny took a pause so Chuck could repeat his joke. Great stuff.
For all the Kenny slander, he does know how to set up a joke and go with it
Speed of wit is such a talent, you meet some people whose brains just got it like that lol
Razor sharp wit
Chuck brought this up again when Kenny tried dogging him during the Big Shot Bob gameshow segment (unfortunately, TNT deleted all their Inside the NBA content).
So frustrating when I discovered that. Thankfully, the iconic moments were already saved via compliations
I wonder how many of Hakeem’s stories involve Kenny.
Most of the ones where he is thirsty and someone hadn’t brought him water yet.
He’ll get lost in his thoughts sometimes when doing analysis but is laser quick when it comes to roasts.
i’m genuinely surprised Shaq didn’t laugh harder at that. Seems like something that checks all the boxes.
Probably mad he didn’t come up with it
Here to repeat that Kenny matched or outplayed John Stockton in playoff series in b2b years leading to the Rockets 2 titles
Kenny shot 52% and 63% from 3 in those 2 series, thats a killer
Eh, “outplayed” is a reach. Kenny was a solid NBA point, but he greatly benefited from teams being forced to double Olajuwon.
The game is more than just statistics.
John Stockton famously never played with a dominant scorer
Yeah because no player on the jazz benefitted from them double teaming Karl malone….
Kenny was wayyyyy better than this sub pretends he was lol.
This sub mostly only cares about superstars and highlight reel guys. Everybody else is a scrub.
They really saying the third option on a back to back championship winning team is irrelevant lol.
Because Kenny pretends he was wayyyyy better than he was. Are you actually Kenny?
Being the third option on 2 championship teams is an important role.
People can downplay Kenny for that all they want but it makes them look silly.
I’ve never heard Kenny pretend that he was a top 5 pg of the 90s.
He averaged just over 10 points in both runs. Him being a third option is more a testament to Hakeem’s greatness in carrying subpar players than anything to do with Kenny Smith respectfully. And he wasn’t the third option in 95.
The rockets did not win in spite of Kenny Smith and people really gotta kill this narrative. Hakeem clearly had all time performances but the rockets roster was also really fucking good. Hell, Cassell would’ve been a starter for most teams that year.
Kenny was far from being the best player and also far from being useless. People ITT are acting like he was fucking Mario Chalmers or Norris Cole and that’s disrespectful imo
Chalmers was way better than Cole. Even if neither was no Luigi Chambers.
Sure you did Kenny
1994 WCF:
Kenny- 14.8⁄1.8⁄4.6⁄1.2⁄0.0 Stockton- 14.4⁄3.4⁄9.4⁄1.6⁄0.6
1995 WC1:
Kenny- 17.4⁄2.6⁄5.4⁄0.4⁄0.4 Stockton- 17.8⁄3.4⁄10.2⁄1.4⁄0.2
Pull up the splits
better efficiency doesn’t change that stockton did more of literally everything else. it’s okay if kenny wasn’t as good as stockton. he did what he needed to do and contributed meaningfully to a successful playoff run. that’s good enough.
like, stockton is a piece of shit person and has an overrated career, but he outplayed kenny 1 to 1. but he didn’t outplay him to such an extent that the team could win the series. that’s not good enough, as john very often was not.
Oh wow Kenny shot the ball better while doing less, what a great accomplishment!
Boston fan dieharding for his favourite white
noticing
Imagine trying to make a race comment because you can’t handle actually trying to make an argument.
And the extra foolishness that I’m not from Boston either, and you can’t even bother to represent a team.
Not from boston white guy supports Boston and is a diehard John Stockton defender
Clown makes a false argument and then can’t defend it so goes personal
Noticing
What? Kenny has never been in the same zip code as stockton. Kenny is an overachieved role player, at best.
Check those series out, he cooked.
He played well, still doesn’t mean he’s at stockton level. What level of delusional are you?
Child left behind.
I’m sorry you got left behind. Hope you get some help.
He played better than stockton when he faced him. That’s what he’s saying
You’re saying Stockton had a better career and better stats.
Well Kenny beat him. Twice. And won 2 rings.
2 things can be true.
Except he didn’t play better, and using the fact that Hakeem and Clyde carried Kenny in 95 as an argument is hilarious
Carried is so disingenuous lol. Kenny was a good player and in no way slower the team down.
Playing your role on a championship team doesn’t mean you got carried.
And yes. He did outplay Stockton. Go watch it lol John couldn’t do shit with Kenny in that WCF and on the other end Kenny held Stockton below his averages in every stat. Stockton shot 41 fucking %
Kenny outplayed John Stockton in both series.
Couldn’t do shit except contribute more points in both series while also rebounding more and having more stocks
Contribute more points by…throwing it to Malone and praying he scored. Yeah lol. And comparing rebounding numbers between point guards is fucking hilarious bro
Except that Stockton also directly averaged more PPG in their 95 meeting
I thought basketball was a team sport? Does Hakeem and Clyde and others not matter?
Never implied they didn’t. I’m comparing the PG matchup though and Kenny played directly against Stockton in that regard
Did Kenny carry the team to 2 chips? Obviously fucking not lol that was The Dream
He still bested Stockton in the playoffs twice.
Never implied they didn’t He still bested Stockton in the playoffs twice
Never implied they didn’t
He still bested Stockton in the playoffs twice
Do you know what “implied” means? English is hard, keep trying.
English might be hard for you but it’s fine for me. The implication you interpreted is not what I was saying.
Keep trying
Lmao
I guess it’s not engrish, it’s critical thinking that’s hard for you. Maybe I can point you to dictionary.com? Don’t worry, you’ll get it some day.
The should keep making the desk bigger and bigger every time they’re on air.
Classic lol.
anyone still got the clip when the crew is talking about Ready Freddie
This is one of those lines that I can’t decide if I’m more impressed with the humor or the quick wit.
Chuck is just next level.
That’s good stuff right there
He’s the funniest person in sports history lmao
Shaq watching the joke from Kobe’s shoulders …
This will never not be funny
Line so iconic people don’t realize Kenny’s comeback was just as funny lmao
No it wasn’t, it’s just a basic fat joke
That comeback was pretty weak, kenny pretty clearly just said the first thing that came to mind
Chuck has probably made at least 15 funnier jokes about himself being fat
Kennys comeback is low hanging fruit
Which chuck never eats, unless its got cream cheese dip
You’re a banana
Kenny wishes his comeback was just as funny lol
reposting these clips are the closest this sub has been to a black person