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Charles Barkley refuses to touch Stanley Cup: 'It’s just a rule I have'

North America’s favourite sports panel was introduced to the greatest trophy in sports, and it was perfect.

During Wednesday’s Inside the NBA on TNT broadcast, former NHL player and coach Rick Tocchet made an appearance on the show, bringing along the Stanley Cup and passing it around the panel.

The first to get his moment with the Cup was Shaquille O’Neal, a Hall of Famer and four-time NBA champion. He hesitated to lift the heavy trophy over his head, hilariously muttering that he has “bad shoulders from carrying the [Los Angeles] Lakers, the [Orlando] Magic and the [Miami] Heat.