Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal have had a longstanding love-hate relationship. The two Hall of Famers are constantly trading jabs at each other, and Chuck just dropped another one on Shaq during halftime of Bucks-Hawks Game 3.

Catch Charles Barkley try to make a point on Shaq, but then subtly slip in a nasty dig:

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Perhaps Shaq could tell there was some animosity coming from Charles Barkley during that first meet up. Long before their storied TNT rivalry seen on air, the two legendary big men famously went at it on the basketball court as well.

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Things got testy between the two back in 1999, when Charles Barkley was on the tail end of his career playing for the Houston Rockets. With Chuck trying to get a bucket in the post O'Neal ended up clipping him from behind. The extra curricular contact turned into a ball toss from Barkley, which led to their infamous fracas.

But despite the constant bickering towards one another, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal are admittedly the closest of friends. After all, your true best friends are the only ones who really know how to get under your skin. Chuck and Shaq have that department covered, and then some.

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