Shaquille O’Neal Bets $5000 on Mark Wahlberg Scoring a 3-pointer Before Charles Barkley

NBA on TNT’s most entertaining star cast of former basketball players Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith enjoy the most when a celebrity who is decent at basketball joins their crew.

While The Jet is always in his shooting shoes and wins against most of the celebs that come in, giving them the reality check that they are good where they are, Chuck and Shaq make them believers again.

That is what happened when Mark Wahlberg recently appeared on Inside the NBA and took the 3-point line with the Sixers legend.

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Shaquille O’Neal bets on Mark Wahlberg to win him $5000 against Charles Barkley in a 3-point contest

On Tuesday night Mark came down to TNT’s most happening set, and discussed his workout schedule with probably the most unfit guy (Chuck undoubtedly) on the show and also had a shootout with the crew of NBA legends.

Before the shootout even began Shaq bet $5000 on Mark a 3-pointer before The Chukster does and both of them went quarreling about who owes who how much money.

And as they started shooting, the 16-year legend and one of the NBA’s Top-50 players of all time didn’t touch the rim even once while the Italian Job actor was continuously hitting the rim.

In the end, O’Neal turned out right. Barkley couldn’t hit a shot at all, while Mark swished one. Watch the entertaining bit here.

O’Neal and Barkley—the big betters

The money Barkley was mentioning that The Diesel already owes him, might have been the bet for spelling ‘spectacular’. The $400 man bet $10,000 for Chuck if he spelled the word correctly a few days back.

To most NBA fans’ surprise, Chuck did. It is among several bets that Barkley claims Shaq has never paid him. It must be frustrating for the $50 million worth of former Suns MVP, who has a gambling addiction, to win somewhere and not get his due reward.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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