Charles Wade Barkley is an American former professional basketball player. He was an 11-time NBA All-Star and the 1993 NBA Most Valuable Player. He competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games and won two gold medals as a member of the United States’ ‘Dream Team’ In 2000, he retired as the fourth player in NBA history to achieve 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists. He is an analyst for Inside the NBA and has written several books. He has said he would like to run for governor of Alabama in 2014.
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Charles Wade Barkley is an American former professional basketball player. He was an 11-time NBA All-Star and the 1993 NBA Most Valuable Player. Barkley is a two-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He is an analyst for Inside the NBA and has written several books. In October 2008, he announced that he would run for Governor of Alabama in 2014, but he changed his mind in 2010. Barkley was the first black baby born at a segregated, all-white town hospital and was in the first group of black students at his elementary school. He competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games and won two gold medals as a member of the United States’ \”Dream Team\”. In 2000, he retired as the fourth player in NBA history to achieve 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists. He currently works with Turner Network Television alongside of Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith, and Ernie Johnson as a studio pundit for its coverage of NBA games. He has shown an interest in politics and has said he would like to run for governor of Alabama. He also has a son, John Glenn Barkley, who was born in 1983 and grew up in Leeds, Alabama. Barkley played collegiate basketball at Auburn University for three seasons. During his college career, Barkley played the center position, despite being shorter than the average center. His physical skills and size ultimately earned him the nickname ‘The Round Mound of Rebound’ and ‘The Chuckster’ He was drafted as a junior by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 5th pick of the 1984 NBA draft.
He won the NBA rebounding title in the 1986–87 season, and was named the NBA’s All-Interview Team for his last 13 seasons in the league. In 1993 with the Phoenix Suns, he was voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He retired as a player in 2000, and has since worked as an NBA analyst for Turner Network TV and Turner Sports. His son John Glenn was born on September 26, 1987, and grew to stand 5 ft 10 in and weigh 220 pounds. He attended Leeds High School in Alabama and played for the school’s varsity basketball team. He failed to make the varsity team, but led his team to a 26–3 record en route to the state semi-finals. In March 1991, Barkley spat on a young girl while attempting to spit at a heckler, and as in 1993 when he declared that sports figures should not be considered role models. Barkley has a daughter, Darryl Barkley, and a son named John Glenn, who were born in 1991. He played for Auburn University from 1984 to 1988. He graduated from Auburn with a Bachelor of Arts in business and business management. He went on to play for the University of Alabama at Auburn from 1988 to 1989. In the 1986 87 season he led the league with the highest rebounding average and earned his first NBARebounding title.
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