Instead of enjoying a courteous post-game chicken wing meal at the conclusion of Game 4 between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers, Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley of the Inside the NBA crew got into the eternal argument of career legitimacy due to championships.

O'Neal: Chuck, you have no idea what we're talking about because you've only been to the Finals once.

Barkley: I wasn't riding on Dwyane Wade‘s and Kobe‘s coattails.

O'Neal: It doesn't matter, Chuck. I got the same thing you got and I passed you up 10 years ago.

Barkley: If I had been riding on Kobe's coattails and Dwyane Wade's and Alonzo Mourning‘s too, I forgot about him, and Rick Fox.

O'Neal: People question why you're in the Hall of Fame anyway, bum.

Ernie Johnson: Why did that get so personal when we're talking about Game 5?

O'Neal: Because Chuck keeps interrupting me. Don't interrupt me, Chuck, or I'm gonna punch you right in your face, I'm telling you.

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Barkley: If you hit me, we're gonna be moving some furniture. I'm gonna throw one of these chicken wings at your fat ass.

O'Neal: You gonna do what? (holds up chicken wing)

Afterward, Shaq didn't take long to share an Instagram video of Kenny Smith, Ernie, and Sir Charles eating, calling the latter “the fat boy.”

While these two have roasted and picked on each other for years, it sure gets pretty competitive when Shaq's huge ego wants to toss his four championship rings around Barkley.

H/T transcript courtesy of USA TODAY Sports