Chuck Reflects on the Legacy of His Former Coach Paul Westphal | NBA on TNT

After legendary coach Paul Westphal passed away, Chuck discusses his relationship with former Phoenix Suns coach.
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[@turtledaycare7180]

you gotta admit, Chuck is the reason we all watch TNT.

[@dusk6159]

No doubt about that

[@FTLnovaKid]

Literally don’t even watch basketball. But I do watch all these clips. Literally all because of Chuck.

[@tomm5516]

I'm from Los Angeles, I love Shaq because for all he did for the Lakers and the community. But he needs to stop bringing up the 4 rings, especially when it's talking about someone who recently passed.

[@Piripiao_YT]

That's just not cool tbh

[@MrKennyonthecobz]

Actually, Charles made a comment saying shaq stayed in the lane 5 seconds. It's only natural to have a quick comeback. Shaq is a good dude.

[@Jalen.3]

Exactly

[@thulanihamilton965]

Shaq must grow up and be a man. We know he has 4 rings with the help of KB and DW

[@Jalen.3]

@@thulanihamilton965 exactly and it’s not taking away from his greatness he just acts like he did hit himself. He also said coaching doesn’t matter and took credit away from the people who made him successful

[@Blorbifink]

Shaq really found a way to bring rings into this

[@bggjjhljk]

can't let someone else's passing take all the spotlight.

[@nido25]

I’m starting to think he’s a narcissist. I mean look at his previous history. The constant hate for Dwight, McGee. Rudy. I really believe he isn’t satisfied with himself and is so insecure to the point to bring others down to make himself feel better. That’s the vibe I always get from him.

[@HumbleRumble420]

I still love Shaq he's a PHX SUNS too. Chuck with his comment on SHAQ 3 seconds violation.. 5 seconds.

[@Artemj39]

Lol

[@andrecrosby466]

I was getting scared because I hadn't heard shaq mention his rings during this video but with 40 seconds left he came through in the clutch.

[@GerardoMurrayTenis4]

Shaq still managed to bring up his 4 rings

[@Wobblin310]

This man is something else

[@ctbcardinal]

😆😆😆😆

[@Jalen.3]

It’s annoying af

[@Nbafanla03]

@@Jalen.3 it’s funny lol

[@xsah2]

@brad monaghan how??

[@Sagittariusking-k9p]

I wish Kobe was here to bring up his 5 rings to humble Shaq sometimes. That ring comment was tasteless

[@averywoolfe5809]

You and me both bruh

[@tompaulcampbell]

No, it actually wasn't.

[@mutatednut]

That’s the strangest play I’ve ever seen. Genius.

[@yanyansalvilla958]

The suns used it like 2018 or 2019 to Tyson Chandler, ayton in 2021 WCF. Suns engineered that play

[@MrCHITOWN247]

You just knew Shaq had to throw in a 4 rings comment

[@fun2badult]

lol I'm a Laker and man he's always throwing that shade at Chuck

[@MrCHITOWN247]

@@fun2badult The funny thing is .. he's easily the worst analyst out of the 3......Hell I prefer Draymond over Shaq

[@spicerc1244]

@@MrCHITOWN247 I provides no insight. "Na don't even argue with me Kenny" - well then provide some logic or reasoning to what you're saying. That's what commentary is.

[@krlm2280]

2020 Jerry Sloan John Thompson, lou Olsen, kc jones 2021 Paul Westphal rip to all the great coaches from my childhood and youth

[@ferns.vivian]

Tommy Heinshon

[@krlm2280]

@@ferns.vivian yes I forgot about Tommy heinshon and now Tommy Lasorda in baseball ⚾️ 😢

[@razkable]

crazy how many former players become coaches....paul was the best of them then sloan

[@amandeo393]

That might have been the smartest play I've ever seen

[@sports3117]

That’s a great story you told about Westphal, Chuck!!

[@razkable]

everyone forgets he was a great player too..led the suns to the finals...twice...haven't been there without him ever before or after even with a 2 time mvp

[@ricardobjj24]

This was the only time Charles ever ran a play right

[@11god87]

🤣😅 I peep the coach said that too 👀

[@ozanyapisan5965]

@@11god87 I think he's quoting him

[@MrJadeHappy]

I remember that game when I was a kid, I can't believe that was a set play and now I know where "Chuck" came from.🥺!

[@FTLnovaKid]

He’s joking but it’s hilarious.

[@andrebenson74]

That was good story by Charles. It makes sense now. Never heard people calling him chuck when he was with the 76ers. And Kevin Frazier did ok filling in for EJ. People forget before Entertainment Tonight he was on Fox Sport Net and ESPN. He has a background doing sports.

[@YK-fj5bj]

+1 it was always Sir Charles for me, never knew about the ‘Chuck’ story.

[@samcockrell]

Westphal legend hall of famer

[@dusk6159]

Where he indeed belongs

[@maxmart90210]

How can inside the NBA not pay a tribute to the heroics of Paul Westphal and the suns vs the Celtics in the greatest finals game ever in the garden in '76...??? It was a triple overtime, marathon contest brought about by Paul Westphal intentionally picking up a technical foul at the end of regulation... Paul Westphal = Genius Basketball IQ RIP Paul Westphal

[@spicerc1244]

Growing up and watching docs on ESPN classic and NBA TV, that game is what I remember most about Westphal! Amazing

[@dusk6159]

Absolutely yes, crazy, that Game/Series, on top of its classic and age positives, has already a status of being one of the best ever by itself, despite being overlooked like all the ancient past ones! Westphal and Hondo.. sheesh!

[@shipwreckedpoet3]

I saw that game on classics! You are right it doesn’t get enough attention, and it was actually the heady move of Westphal taking advantage of the rules at the time to get it into the 3rd overtime by calling a timeout they didn’t have to induce a technical foul but then the Suns could at least advance the ball to half court for a better shot to tie it. Another reason and another great story of Paul’s IQ.

[@GiriRam]

Title: Ernie is out today Charles: I miss him man Shaq: I knew he was out today because I called him and it rang 4 times just like my rings

[@KG-jw4jg]

😂

[@davutzaimoglu7252]

This is good

[@deronnekingcaid4328]

R.I.P. Paul Whestpaul 1950-2021 Best Coach and player I agree Strongly Agree my condolences and my prayers 🙏🏾❤️🤟🏾

[@danielkramar1868]

Even in this segment, Shaq still needs to rub his rings in Barkley's face. smh

[@willharris7609]

He is so lame on this show. How are you gonna be that big and be so insecure?

[@tonygajate5780]

i fell in love with Paul Westphal in 1976, 3ot game against Boston, he was perpetual motion, did it on both ends, was a clutch player and could jump, he was the the first Manu Ginobili

[@nostalgiacorner1999]

1:57 Look at how happy Chuck is 😂

[@johncee2752]

Laker fan here chiming in. My guys took the first 2 games in a best of 5 in the early 90's in Phoenix. Down 0-2 and facing elimination vs a 39 win Lakers team Paul Westphal told the media "we're gonna win the next 2 in LA, and then we will wrap up the series in Phoenix." Pretty much verbatim. That's exactly what happened. I was young, and crushed. Not after the series, but after the game 2 press conference. Westphal really convinced with the way he spoke, that my Lakers stood zero chance to win 1 out of the last 3 games of that series. I'll never forget that press conference as long as I live. That was one special dude. My condolences to him and his family,

[@mitchellclark5154]

Because of this injury (a sprained left MCL), Kevin Johnson did not play in Game One. He returned well ahead of schedule for Game Two and played well (14 points on 6-10 FG and 2-2 FT, 16 assists, 2 steals), but was limited by a mechanical knee brace and could not push the ball like usual. However, Westphal later said that he could see that Johnson's knee was improving and that Phoenix "would have something more like the real Kevin Johnson" the rest of the way, hence his comments after the Game Two loss. (For the quotation, see Lee Shappell's book "Phoenix Suns: Rising to the Top with the 'Team of Oddities,'" published in 1993, page 265). It was still a bold move on his part, though.

[@SpudinAZ]

"And everybody will say what a great series it was."

[@RR-kh9fv]

When’s Ernie back

[@BlueAmerican26]

He's right there? He just got a tan.

[@mumble97]

@@BlueAmerican26 His true color has revealed

[@RR-kh9fv]

@@BlueAmerican26 lol nah, Ernie is wayy more black than that dude, personality wise

[@BlueAmerican26]

RIP Coach.

[@razkable]

player too

[@bobriedel3277]

I did business with Paul 25 years ago. Awesome human being.

[@raakesh401]

Mr.Sensitive 😂😂

[@dusk6159]

That still gets me rolling despite being a year or even two since he first pulled that on Shaq ahahhaah

[@rjp0083]

The only play chuck did right so funny and then he just gave name to a legend that we all love now CHUCK!

[@gabriel_the_salubri]

Paul Westphal was the player who made me realize how important it was to develop my off-hand. He was a truly amazing player and he had hops too! I mean seriously... Who can forget that triple overtime game between Phoenix and Boston, when both refused to lose?

[@dusk6159]

Criminally overlooked hops a-la Billy C or something, Westphal straight baptized Magic in his rookie season and while it was already 1980 for him. What a crazy moment!

[@gabriel_the_salubri]

@@dusk6159 **nods** How soon the masses forget!

[@daveraymond1089]

What a great player, even better person!!

[@nostalgiacorner1999]

Wow what a great play

[@Fakename70]

Westphal was one of the select few opposing players I liked as a Sonic fan, and I was ecstatic when they traded for him.

[@RDK-2292]

When ernie retires this show is going to fall apart

[@yonguicho2696]

Where is he? I'm worried

[@imgaybut3430]

@@yonguicho2696 maybe he was busy or doesn't feel well today bro. Let him take a rest day

[@redfordreddington8834]

It won’t.

[@mrdavidashley6892]

Great segment. RIP PAUL WESTPHAL.

[@AnonymousAnonymous-lh9ef]

Paul Westphal was the best tactical coach the Phoenix Suns ever had.

[@TheWfindlay]

Please upload more of these each week!!!

[@donaldthomason4588]

Legend..nuff said!

[@axjohn]

Paul Westfall was an All-American for the USC Trojans. Their best year they went 24-2, with their only losses being to the UCLA Bruins led by Bill Walton IIRC. Back then the NCAA tourney only accepted conference champions so the Trojans stayed home while conference champs with .500 records went. After that the NCAA changed the way they fielded the tournament teams. He was GREAT in college.

[@jmb2188]

Chuck a real one!

[@detnibul9361]

Those old H.O.R.S.E competitions with Westphal were amazing.

[@rbermea]

Paul Westphal coached Barkley and the Suns to the 93 NBA Finals. Not only he coached the Suns, he also played for the Suns, too.

[@mathewhorodner2000]

And, the Suns should have beaten the Bulls. You don't know how many times I have watched the 1993 Finals. Interestingly, the guy Cedric Ceballos they showed was injured and did not play in the finals for the Suns.

[@mitchellclark5154]

There have been two triple-overtime NBA Finals games in history, one in 1976 and one in 1993. Westphal played in the first one (and scored 25 points) and coached the second one.

[@jrsmith1998]

I really REALLY wish i could go back in time and do something that lead to a charles barkley championship in 1993. I am so tired of Shaq always trying to knock charles barkley as if winning a ring is a solo act. It’s not. It’s a team effort. Both charles and shaq are too 5 all time at their position. Chuck should just bring that up with his rebuttal. But i do like how he replies “I didn’t have Dwayne Wade and Kobe Bryant to carry me up and down the court.” 😂. True.

[@RandomShowerThoughts]

What a play! My god

[@mymovies736]

RIP to Paul Westphal.

[@bellymus1]

Shaq starting to sound like Al Bundy. How many touchdowns in a high school game, again?

[@fernandojuancadena2475]

Rest in peace coach

[@YK-fj5bj]

What an inventive play!

[@kkeithhhancock2309]

360 was against Boston. I saw him do a Euro step also.

[@unknownl9096]

R.i.p Coach

[@raymiller6351]

if the new Ernie is kevin frazier that is pretty good. For you old schoolers that remember when CNN had it's own sports show KF was on there. Solid with no schtick other than smoothness.

[@voninyourmom6510]

Great story

[@mjbears34]

No way I heard him tell me what was going to happen and still didn’t believe it

[@kevinerosa]

Shaq is becoming like Phil from the sopranos. I did twenty years!

[@malycw7903]

Someone should do a stat on how many times Shaq brought up his four rings in this show. Probably hundreds of times.

[@aaronorange6732]

Chuck Wagon😂That's why he called you Chuck!😂😂😂

[@airtime23]

A lot of people in the net think the timeout story is true :).

[@jasonlee859]

The Great Phoenix Suns 93-94 season.

[@lottofever3061]

Phoenix *

[@yd856]

92-93 was the season they made the finals.

[@MoonIronTR]

genius play

[@haywoodjablowme491]

CHUCKSTER

[@Deevon]

chuckkkk

[@Gshellshock]

Everybody: „RIP Paul Westphaul, prayers to the family” Shaq: „4 RiNgS”

[@vvho2428]

Where is Ernie

[@luthandogertze4060]

shaq always finds away to bring up the four rings

[@benhenderson8952]

🕊🕊🕊

[@kingsizzl7683]

Paul was doing dame time before dame 😂😂😂

[@its4riel710]

yeah I saw that lol

[@bruno5760]

It’s crazy how Charles Barkley don’t age. He’s 60 and looks the same as he did at 30

[@MrMahazestar]

I’m upset that Shaq would somehow bring his 4 rings up during someone’s passing BUT I’m more upset at the rest of the panel for not calling him out on it.

[@supes616]

I think that would have made it worse. I hope they brought it up afterwards.

[@MrMahazestar]

@@supes616 My 🧠 agrees with you but my ❤️ that’s painted in Phoenix Suns colors says Chuck should of put him in his place.

[@shaq238]

Shaq: did changing ur name help get you any rings chuck?

[@afrobill6150]

How do you have a sweet 360 jumper

[@Answerx32]

Ernie has changed a lot

[@Hazadin420]

where is ernie? :(

[@hermisgetwater4296]

i choke. great coach

[@lowkeymd]

Where is ej

[@iHasCaek]

"like its some deodorant commercial" - Paul "Lord Tennyson" Westphal

[@kelin6293]

rip

[@lsingleblessed8702]

Shaq be hating when he doesn't have to be

[@RudieObias]

Al Bundy: "Four touchdowns in one game!"

[@zach6395]

Greatest feat in all of sports

[@clinterprise]

Nobody: Inside the NBA: honoring the late great Paul Westphal Kenny: Charles: Shaq: but these 4 rings tho.......

[@mjjumps]

After hearing Chuck and Shaqs stance and support for the police I have much more respect for them

[@rudycenaronaldo5476]

Just like their support for police during CHAZ and BLM. Oh wait... Yeah.

[@onizukamugen]

chuck

[@zr1f903]

Shaq - “He used to call 3 seconds (in the key) on me” Chuck - “Cause you really were in there for 5!” Shaq - “Hey, a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do to get them 4 rings! Ain’t that right Kenny?”

[@WigoKing]

Shaq is comedy 😂😂😂

[@2SloppyJoe]

The interesting thing is that Cedric could've still dunked it and won the game.

[@jhayc7285]

Shaq have everything, still not growing. Prime HAKEEM over Prime SHAQ. Not debatable..

[@SRod2132]

Shaq is cool in the show, but I'm tired of hearing the ring comments.

[@dropshotking3410]

why is EJ not in there ?

[@1ZosoLZ]

He looks like Greg pop

[@coolguy2418]

How many rings did Shaq win again? I forgot.

[@zmitch88]

Chucks only..

[@kennyray4458]

😂😂😂😂😂so all of the rules that Chuck’s educational level alowed and he knew this one

[@KiwiKoNZ]

Cracking knees in a deodorant commercial 😂👍✨

[@DrMjenno]

Vale Paul Westphal

[@jdm279]

Four rings? All with MJ out of the league. Paul and Chuck had to deal with the GOAT. Shaq won when there was a power vacuum. Still a top 5 center but light-years away from GOAT status.

[@nyk3334]

Shaq just has to get in it. If he isn’t the Center of attention he sulks.

[@ojoj5194]

Barkley was the biggest bus rider of all time. He rode Hakeem & Clyde Drexler bus after choking to the Rockets twice. In 94, Barkley Suns team was 2-0 vs Houston wit just Hakeem in the WCSF & choked that lead to lose to them. In 95, Barkley Suns team team was 3-1 vs Houston wit Hakeem & Drexler & choked that lead to lose to them. Two years later In 97, Barkley joined Drexler & Hakeem & rode that bus & failed with that superteam losing to the Jazz in 6 games in the WCF wit Stockton hitting a gamewinner in Barkley’s face by bad defense on Barkley not switching on Stockton on time same way as 93 when Barkley gambled to get a steal on Grant that lead to an open 3 by Paxson. Lost in the first round next year. Formed another superteam wit Drexler retiring & Pippen replacing him, Barkley riding another bus wit Pippen & losing in the first round again. Talk about throwing stones in glass houses SMH

[@abhishekgowda6120]

Kenny talking too much

[@jrsmith1998]

Didn’t chuck get Paul fired???

[@mitchellclark5154]

... no, not at all-Barkley was probably Westphal's biggest supporter on the team. However, Westphal's tolerance of Barkley's lack of discipline (and defense), on and off the floor, and the way that those qualities seeped into the overall team, did help lead to the firing. If you want to learn more, I would recommend reading the 1996 book "Breaking the Rules," by the late Suns beat reporter Mike Tulumello.

[@chestertam2348]

Ernie looks darker

[@alexdreyer5316]

Shaq was clowning black Ernie for his voice the whole episode.

[@its4riel710]

Oh c'mon guys hating on Shaq. As much I dislike Shaq because of his alpha male attitude, he was just joking back to Chuck's statement of staying in the paint for 5 seconds. Shaq means no disrespect. He gave his condolence and joked with Charles. Give the guy a break. He's had a tough year with the loss of Kobe and family members.

[@slomofome14]

Kenny just has to talk, has to

[@jonjohnson1978.]

3 48 kenny looking for approval.......he's very insecure

[@dnic5460]

Great story but 2 people touched the ball in the air on the lob!!! Lol. RIP to the man though.

[@mitchellclark5154]

The only person who touched it was Barkley.