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"There will never be another player like me. I'm the ninth wonder of the world."-Charles Barkley.As both an All-Star player and a popular NBA television analyst, Charles Barkley Biography of the Houston Rockets has long been one of basketball's loudest characters. His outspoken voice usually proclaims the truth-or at least something close to it. So when "Sir Charles" rates himself among the best forwards to have played the game, there's not much point in arguing.
The numbers bear him out, too. Some thought Barkley too small to be an inside force in the NBA when he came out of Auburn, in his home state of Alabama, with the nickname "Round Mound of Rebound." The doubters were way off base in his case. With athletic ability that defied his shape and a relentless hunger for the basketball, the 6-foot-6 (or shorter) Barkley averaged at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game for 11 straight seasons after his 1984-85 rookie year with Philadelphia.
Seven-footers had nothing on this guy. They could not keep him from powering to the hoop for slam dunks and they were often overmatched on the glass by the undersized big man. Barkley led the NBA in rebounding in just his third year. His Biography goes as so, he was voted MVP of the 1991 All-Star Game after hauling down 22 boards, the most since Wilt Chamberlain in 1967. He enjoyed his best year in 1992-93 after a trade to Phoenix, winning MVP honors, leading the Suns to the best record in the NBA (62-20) and powering his new team to the NBA Finals. The Suns fell to Chicago in six games despite Barkley's postseason averages of 26.6 points and 13.6 rebounds.
Along the way to retiring as one of four players in NBA history to collect 23,000 points, 12,000 boards and 4,000 assists, the 16-year veteran became known-for better or worse-as a man who was not afraid to speak his mind. "I love Charles because he's so honest," said former coach Chris Ford. "You can see a thought form in his head and them move right out of his mouth without stopping in between."
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