Charles Barkley

Guide Note:

Charles Barkley is a retired NBA Player and a Basketball Analyst for the TNT Network. As a player Barkley is arguably one of the greatest players in the history of the game. With over 20,000 points scored, 4,000 assists, and 10,000 rebounds in his illustrious career.

Fast Facts:

1. Born February 20, 1963
2. Birth Place: Leeds, Alabama
3. 1993 NBA MVP
4. Named to NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
5. 1991 NBA All-Star Game MVP
6. College: Auburn University
7. Hall of Fame (2006)
8. 1992 Dream Team Member
9. Nick-name: Round Mound of Rebound

Charles Wade Barkley was born in Leeds, Alabama on February, 20, 1963. He attended High School at Leeds High School and he later went on to attend Auburn University where he was named the SEC Player of the Year in 1984.

With the fifth overall pick in the 1984 NBA Draft the Philadelphia 76ers selected Barkley. He quickly established himself as one of the elite players in the game. After the retirement of Julius Erving, Barkley became the face of the franchise. In 1989, The Sporting News voted him the player of the Year. In 1992, Barkley was traded to the Phoenix Suns and he went on to win the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 1993, as well as leading the team to the NBA Finals, but losing to the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan. In 1996, he would be traded again to the Houston Rockets where he would eventually finish his Hall of Fame Career.

Barkley is currently a studio analyst for Turner Network Television and part of the TNT post game show Inside the NBA with former player Kenny Smith, and Ernie Johnson Jr.. He is renown for his blunt, outspoken style often making controversial and provocative remarks. He has also released written two popular books I May Be Wrong, But I Doubt It and Who's Afraid Of A Large Black Man?. In 1993, he was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History and in 2006, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

• February 20, 1963: Born
• 1985-1992: Philadelphia 76ers
• 1992: Member of Gold Medal Dream Team
• 1993-1996: Phoenix Suns
• 1997-2000: Houston Rockets
• 2006: Inducted to Hall of Fame