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Charles Barkley Nickname Sir Charles

February 23, 2012 by · Comments Off on Charles Barkley Nickname Sir Charles 

Charles Barkley Nickname Sir Charles, Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player and current analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. Nicknamed “Sir Charles” and “The Round Mound of Rebound”, Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association’s (NBA’s) most dominating power forwards. He was selected to the All-NBA First Team five times, the All-NBA Second Team five times, and once to the All-NBA Third Team. He earned eleven NBA All-Star Game appearances and was named the All-Star MVP in 1991. In 1993, he was voted the league’s Most Valuable Player and during the NBA’s 50th anniversary, named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic games and won two gold medals as a member of the United States’ Dream Team. In 2006, Barkley was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Barkley was popular with the fans and media and made the NBA’s All-Interview Team for his last 13 seasons in the league. He was frequently involved in on- and off-court fights and sometimes stirred national controversy, as in March 1991 when he mistakenly spat on a young girl, and as in 1993 when he declared that sports figures should not be considered role models. Short for a power forward, Barkley used his strength and aggressiveness to become one of the NBA’s most dominant rebounders. He was a versatile player who had the ability to score, create plays, and defend. In 2000, he retired as the fourth player in NBA history to achieve 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists.

Since retiring as a player, Barkley has had a successful career as a television NBA analyst. He works with Turner Network Television (TNT) as a studio pundit for its coverage of NBA games. In addition, Barkley has written several books and has shown an interest in politics; in October 2008, he announced that he would run for Governor of Alabama in 2014, but he changed his mind in 2010.

Charles Barkley

October 12, 2011 by · Comments Off on Charles Barkley 

Charles BarkleyCharles Barkley, Charles Barkley says he will not take your paycheck TNT, while the NBA is kept in the lock mode, which could be good news for some charity.

“I do not think it’s great for me to take the money they have earned,” said Barkley ESPN 1000 in Chicago. “My decision is or will be delayed or give it to charity.”

Barkley is one of those who predicted the war working in the NBA ultimately lead to the cancellation of the season, which means she is not at the table of TNT with Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal.

“The problem I have is if these guys take the whole season, there will be a lot of money,” Barkley told ESPN 1000. “That’s why I have to make that decision. I have not made a final decision.”

Barkley also supported David Stern, and said it is important that the commissioner of the NBA stands for small market teams are losing money.

“That’s what this thing is about,” said Barkley. “We will allow only large markets dominate as they do in baseball.”

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