Charles Barkley's Funniest Moments

Happy birthday, Sir Chuck!

Happy Birthday, Charles Barkley! - Hall of Famer Charles Barkley turns 52 Friday. Happy birthday, Sir Charles. After giving basketball fans 16 seasons worth of highlights and hoop memories, Chuck has provided us with plenty more laughs as an analyst on TNT's hit show Inside the NBA. BET.com takes this time to highlight some of the Round Mound of Rebound's most hilarious moments. Straight comedy!(Photo: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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Happy Birthday, Charles Barkley! - Hall of Famer Charles Barkley turns 52 Friday. Happy birthday, Sir Charles. After giving basketball fans 16 seasons worth of highlights and hoop memories, Chuck has provided us with plenty more laughs as an analyst on TNT's hit show Inside the NBA. BET.com takes this time to highlight some of the Round Mound of Rebound's most hilarious moments. Straight comedy!(Photo: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Charles Barkley Races Against Referee Dick Bavetta - It was NBA All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas back in 2007, when Charles Barkley notoriously raced against elderly referee Dick Bavetta in what was dubbed the Bavetta/Barkley Challenge. "Sir Charles" wound up jogging backwards to victory, before famously planting a big wet one on the lips of Bavetta. (Photo: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

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Charles Barkley Races Against Referee Dick Bavetta - It was NBA All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas back in 2007, when Charles Barkley notoriously raced against elderly referee Dick Bavetta in what was dubbed the Bavetta/Barkley Challenge. "Sir Charles" wound up jogging backwards to victory, before famously planting a big wet one on the lips of Bavetta. (Photo: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

Barkley Challenges Shaq in MMA Match - TNT's Inside the NBA went MMA when Charles Barkley tried his best mixed martial arts moves on Shaquille O'Neal. They didn't work, as Shaq used his "Diesel" powers to put Chuck on his back and get the pin-fall. Hilarious.(Photo: TNT via G4NBAVideosHD via YouTube)

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Barkley Challenges Shaq in MMA Match - TNT's Inside the NBA went MMA when Charles Barkley tried his best mixed martial arts moves on Shaquille O'Neal. They didn't work, as Shaq used his "Diesel" powers to put Chuck on his back and get the pin-fall. Hilarious.(Photo: TNT via G4NBAVideosHD via YouTube)

Barkley, Shaq Have Three-Point Contest for the Ages - Having Charles Barkley and Shaq together on TNT's Inside the NBA is like the gift that keeps on giving. Aside from cracking jokes on each other and wrestling, they even had a three-point contest. Shaq put Sir Charles to shame, winning the shootout. What happened, Charles? You used to be able to drain treys back in the day. (Photo: TNT via NBATODAY24 via YouTube)

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Barkley, Shaq Have Three-Point Contest for the Ages - Having Charles Barkley and Shaq together on TNT's Inside the NBA is like the gift that keeps on giving. Aside from cracking jokes on each other and wrestling, they even had a three-point contest. Shaq put Sir Charles to shame, winning the shootout. What happened, Charles? You used to be able to drain treys back in the day. (Photo: TNT via NBATODAY24 via YouTube)

Doing the Anchorman on the Teleprompter - In what was one of the funniest Charles Barkley moments of all time, colleague Ernie Johnson rigged the teleprompter at TNT's Inside The NBA's studio to include the line, "I'm a dumb a--." Like clockwork, Barkley fell for the prank, hilariously reading the line out loud, before realizing he had been made the butt of the joke. The idea for the prank was taken from the movie Anchorman, in which the main character notoriously reads anything off a teleprompter. Don't worry, Charles...we're still laughing with you and not at you. (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for American Express)

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Doing the Anchorman on the Teleprompter - In what was one of the funniest Charles Barkley moments of all time, colleague Ernie Johnson rigged the teleprompter at TNT's Inside The NBA's studio to include the line, "I'm a dumb a--." Like clockwork, Barkley fell for the prank, hilariously reading the line out loud, before realizing he had been made the butt of the joke. The idea for the prank was taken from the movie Anchorman, in which the main character notoriously reads anything off a teleprompter. Don't worry, Charles...we're still laughing with you and not at you. (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for American Express)

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Tries to Hold His Breath Under Water for Nine Minutes - There was the time when Charles Barkley caught wind of magician David Blaine holding his breath under water for seven minutes and eight seconds and for some reason vowing to set a new mark at nine minutes. So, TNT's Inside the NBA went along with the absurd bet and set up a tank of water for Barkley to dunk his head into. After 24 seconds of holding his breath under water, Sir Charles came up for air, sparking huge laughs from his colleague Kenny Smith and plenty more from home viewers. Ah, Chuck!(Photo: TNT via hootpie via YouTube)

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Tries to Hold His Breath Under Water for Nine Minutes - There was the time when Charles Barkley caught wind of magician David Blaine holding his breath under water for seven minutes and eight seconds and for some reason vowing to set a new mark at nine minutes. So, TNT's Inside the NBA went along with the absurd bet and set up a tank of water for Barkley to dunk his head into. After 24 seconds of holding his breath under water, Sir Charles came up for air, sparking huge laughs from his colleague Kenny Smith and plenty more from home viewers. Ah, Chuck!(Photo: TNT via hootpie via YouTube)

Charles Barkley Uses a Shake Weight - Everybody was in on this joke...except Charles Barkley. Laughing out loud at Kenny Smith telling him, "Seems like you've had a lot of practice at this."(Photo: TNT via thebestdamnsportscom viaYouTube)

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Charles Barkley Uses a Shake Weight - Everybody was in on this joke...except Charles Barkley. Laughing out loud at Kenny Smith telling him, "Seems like you've had a lot of practice at this."(Photo: TNT via thebestdamnsportscom viaYouTube)

Can't Pronounce Valanciunas - The Toronto Raptors have one of the NBA's brightest young centers in Jonas Valanciunas...and Charles Barkley can't pronounce his last name for the life of him. Over the course of Valanciunas's arrival in the NBA in 2012, Barkley hasn't been able to pronounce his name. It is a tough one, Chuck! (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for American Express)

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Can't Pronounce Valanciunas - The Toronto Raptors have one of the NBA's brightest young centers in Jonas Valanciunas...and Charles Barkley can't pronounce his last name for the life of him. Over the course of Valanciunas's arrival in the NBA in 2012, Barkley hasn't been able to pronounce his name. It is a tough one, Chuck! (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for American Express)