Charles Barkley's trolling backfires at him as 2X NBA champ claps back with savage comeback in hilarious championship debate

Kenny "The Jet" Smith roasted his co-host and former NBA star Charles Barkley on Sunday's episode of TNT's "Inside the NBA." The crew, together with Ernie Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal, was announcing the finalists for the NBA Awards.

When it was time to announce the finalists for the Defensive Player of the Year award, Smith was tasked to make the announcement. After all, the DPOY was recently rebranded as the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy, and Smith played with Olajuwon for six seasons with the Houston Rockets, winning two championships together.

As the former NBA guard was getting ready to read the list, Johnson said it was appropriate for him to read the list since Olajuwon was the Nigerian-American player. However, Barkley had a joke directed at Smith, saying:

"The guy who got you your two trophies."

But Kenny Smoth clapped back and said:

"Who got you yours? Oops nobody.

Chuck tried his best to roast his co-host with another comment.

"He just bought him water during Ramadan."

But Smith had the last laugh, as he said:

"Silence is golden, who helped you win a championship?"

"Nobody," Barkley answered.

Barkley also played with Olajuwon for three seasons, from 1996-97 to 1999-2000. However, it was during the time when he started to decline as a star. Chuck only had one All-Star season with the Rockets, as he averaged 19.2 points, 13.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists on 48.4 percent shooting.

During the final years of his career with the Rockets, Barkley struggled with injuries. He appeared in 130 games, averaging 15.4 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists. The power forward retired from the NBA in 2000.

Charles Barkley credited the general managers of the Thunder and the Raptors

Charles Barkley couldn't help but credit the executives of the OKC Thunder and Toronto Raptors have done this year. After the Thunder had a dominating 131-80 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 1 of their first-round series, Barkley said:

"Sam Presti and Masai Ujiri, they’re the best two general managers in this league, by far... I’m just saying that guy Masai Ujiri up in Toronto is amazing."

He went on to criticize other general managers and said they're only stealing money.

The Thunder has a well-constructed roster and has collected high draft picks, which they can use to draft players or trade for a star. For the Raptors, however, they aren't on that level yet. But Barkley credits Toronto's Masai Ujiri for the work he's done.