Shaquille O’Neal walked off the set of “Inside the NBA” on Tuesday after sportscaster Kenny Smith mentioned Jay-Z just two days after the rapper was named in a lawsuit accusing him of raping a child with Sean “Diddy” Combs.

The magic of Inside the NBA is that the crew is never afraid to go places that no other show would be willing to. The all-time example is Charles Barkley making jokes about the Jussie Smollett case and explaining to America that you should “not commit crimes with checks.”

The Inside the NBA team on TNT, spearheaded by Shaquille O'Neal, broke down in laughter after Charles Barkley cracked a joke about the Jay-Z legal situation

Legendary NBA big man Shaquille O’Neal strode off the set of TNT’s Inside the NBA after two of the show’s other hosts had an exchange that touched on rapper Jay-Z, who was accused recently of raping a 13-year-old girl alongside disgraced hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.