
He would appear in 11 NBA All-Star games, voted 11 times to the All NBA Team, voted the league MVP in 1993, and won two Olympic Gold medals as part of the Dream Team in 19. Charles would spend 16-seasons in the NBA, and along with the 76ers, he would lace up for the Phoenix Suns and the Houston Rockets.Ĭharles Barkley had an NBA career other players can only dream of. The Auburn University scout who first noticed Charles referred to him as “A fat guy… who can play like the wind.”īarkley would play college basketball at Auburn University before being drafted 5th in the NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1984.

Charles has always been on the heavier side. It wasn’t until a high school playoff game that any college scouts took notice of him. His unlikely basketball career seemingly came from out of nowhere. Keep reading below to find out a bit more about the people in the NBA legend’s life! Up to Speed on Charles Barkleyīorn on February 20, 1963, Charles Wade Barkley would rise from humble, arguably poor beginnings to establish himself as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

Throughout his decades in the public limelight, Charles has never been shy to give his opinion on anything you would want to ask him about, and at times things he wasn’t asked about! But despite his outspoken ways, Charles has kept much of his personal life quiet, and you probably don’t know about Charles Barkley’s daughter, Christiana Barkley, or his wife, Maureen Blumhardt.
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Charles is an NBA Hall of Famer and long-time TV analyst.

Practically everyone with even a passive interest in sports has heard of Charles Barkley.
