Watch: Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley take their finest photographs at a Boston accent

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The ‘Contained in the NBA’ crew tried to sound like Bostonians.

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Have you ever ever questioned what Alabama native Charles Barkley, who speaks with a thick southern drawl, would sound like attempting a Boston accent?

Marvel no additional. Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny Smith gave it a shot on “Contained in the NBA” after the Celtics’ Recreation 5 win over Miami at TD Backyard.

For Ernie Johnson’s “EJ’s Neat-O Stat of the Night time” phase, the TNT crew examined their Boston accents in opposition to locals.

O’Neal went first. He was tasked with saying: “Shaq’s automotive ran out of fuel in Harvard Yard.”

“Not unhealthy,” Smith stated of O’Neal’s impression.

O’Neal is the one member of the group who performed for the Celtics.

“I’m referred to as the Large Shamrock round these components,” O’Neal stated. “Sudbury, Massachusetts, rise up.”

Smith’s impression sounded extra like an Irish accent, O’Neal stated. He tried to say “Kenny’s get together is at all times an actual ripper.” However, the ripper half seemed like “reaper.”

Barkley’s try drew prompt laughter. “I noticed Ernie at Fenway Park consuming chowder on high of the (Inexperienced) Monster,” Barkley stated, sounding like Cookie Monster from Sesame Avenue as he pronounced Johnson’s title.

“The phrase you actually had hassle with was my title. Is that the way you say my title in Boston?” Johnson requested.

“Why are y’all doing this to this man?” Smith questioned.

Barkley stated he’s by no means been to Fenway Park, and certainly one of his targets is to attend a Purple Sox sport and sit in a seat within the Inexperienced Monster seats.

Smith started the phase with a shoutout to the North Finish restaurant The Day by day Catch, saying “that meals is bananas.”

“Why don’t you’re taking us there on Sunday idiot?” requested Barkley, hinting at the truth that TNT would televise Recreation 7 in Boston on Monday night time if the Celtics win Recreation 6.

Originally posted 2023-05-26 11:31:33.