Shane Heal Talks About His Confrontation With Charles Barkley At The 1996 Olympics

"We couldn't say that on air"


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Aussie basketball legend Shane “Hammer” Heal was normally the smallest bloke on the court, but he never took a backward step.

Hammer famously had a confrontation with Charles Barkley at the 1996 Olympics, with his three point shooting getting under the NBA great’s skin to the point that they had a physical confrontation.

Heal appeared on Dead Set Legends in Melbourne with Jay Clark and Leigh Montagna today and spoke about what happened.

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Rudi Edsall

19 May 2018

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