NBA Legends Explain Why Charles Barkley Was The Goat of 

Charles Barkley Dominates 7'0 Hakeem Olajuwon & 7'4 Ralph Sampson ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rEydAjTTHG4.htmlsi=dML269A61mg3yPHY

Same, basketball stardom is not about the numbers of rings you have in hand or the stats, it's about the intensity and the extra chemistry you bring to a team. Barkley put the Phoenix Suns on the map, they were this close to make history in 1993... at NBA's most competitive time!

He definitely played like he was angry when he played for the Dream Team! I mean he was the leading scorer and probably the only guy who never took his foot off the gas and he even shoved an Angolan player, who was also playing him physical, when they whipped 116 to 48 I think! That was awesome!

“I don’t hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.” - Charles Barkley

I never quite understood how MJ exactly felt about Charles. For instance, I remember how MJ invited him to play golf, to better get into his head. And how some of MJ's statements implied he despised Charles. Maybe over time, MJ's opinion smoothed out. At any rate, back in their career days, they had an ambiguous relationship...

⁠@@nozotoThat is true. No doubt about it. On the other side of that same token, there was also an era where they were the absolute closest of friends. I don’t recall the reason or the exact timing of it. There was a show they were both on, and Barkley was asked what he tgought about MJ riding motorcycles. Barkley said that the thought of it scared him. He just didn’t want anything bad to happen to him. There was something in the way he said it that sounded incredibly genuine, but in a way in which it seemed like Barkley had a lot at stake.

And such a hilarious guy, his antics about pissing out on the 76ers to get spite traded still amuse me to these days 😂 What a character. About as much a clown off the court as he's a b-ball beast on the court!

Some already labelled Zion a "better" Chuck...if they only knew..this injury prone kid has a long way to go before being compared to Barkley !!

Zion could be but he just doesn't have Moses Malone telling him he needs to shed some and gain some respect.

Clearance weatherspoon, Danny fortson, bryon Houston , I remember every sub 6'7" pf was the next chuck

To be honest to be honest to be honest

Chuck's one of a kind, and so is Zion.. Zion's gifted like Chuck tho

He's also with his size had a 7 foot wing span. With a 6-2 to 6-5 height if you have that kind of wingspan and solid good size with skills you are a scary guy no doubt.

For the player of his weight. Sir Charles is exceptionally athletic, with 40 inch vert + long wingspan. There is also another factor, his wide girth actually helped him outbox bigger guys not named Dennis "The Worm" Rodman in the paint.

remember richard dumas? that guy could have been a great one.

I think that because of Hakeem The Dream Olajuwon, the Rockets had a realistic shot at dethroning the Bulls. Because you have MJ and Clyde, Pippen and Barkley, who kinda cancel each other out. But the Bulls had no answer for the Dream, even though, possibly Dennis Rodman could slow him down. Had it happened, it probably woulda gone to a 7th game!

He's a total package. A basketball player and an entertainer. One of my all-time favorites.

AMEN

I 100% agree with you! I was born in 1977, and I started playing and following basketball in the mid 80s, and I think that the 80s and 90s was the best era to grow up, and not just because of the phenomenal basketball players and teams of that era, but also because of the cartoons and action figures like He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The Thundercats, Michael Jackson's music etc!

Me neither! Plus, my cousin Antonio, who's resting in peace now, was a massive Phoenix Suns fan! I personally, I was a Knicks fan, but I'd always root for whoever came out of the Eastern Conference! But that was a helluva series, a total rollercoaster, with the Bulls stealing the Suns homecourt advantage twice, in the first two games, then the Suns making it a series with 2 victories in 3 games (games 3 was awesome, with 3 overtimes, and game 4 was one of MJs masterpieces, where he dropped 55, then Suns win game 5, and they postpone Chicago's celebrations and then John Paxson (and Horace Grant who blocked KJs last shot, plus let's not forget that MJ scored 12 of Chicago's 15 points in the last quarter) happened in game 6! My goodness! What a series! And let's not forget that Richard Dumas was an awesome talent who threw away his potential, and he was really good in those finals against the Bulls!

@@alexandrossimitzis146 You’re absolutely right! At the time it was the most watched finals in history and people were really starting to pay attention all over the world. Richard Dumas was like the unsung hero for the Suns. You don’t hear much about him. It’s awesome that you remember all that! RIP to your cousin. I bet y’all had some interesting conversations that year.

Phoenix was good for years before Barkley. With Barkley they were choke artists

@@melvynsngltn27 They were good. But never finals contenders. Barkley got them over the hump. But they ran into the GOAT.

@@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy what happened in 1994 & 1995??? Phoenix was a choke squad

AMEN

IF he had more speed and height, I'd say Sir Charles was the FIRST Lebron.

Charles Barkley Dominates 7'0 Hakeem Olajuwon & 7'4 Ralph Sampson ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rEydAjTTHG4.htmlsi=dML269A61mg3yPHY

Nah

Come on, look at his arms, he had a 7'+ WINGSPAN and 40" vertical. Height doesn't mean anything with those dimensions.

Yeah Phoenix was happy just to make the playoffs

I remember game 7 against Seattle and nothing less than another beast, Shawn Kemp, Barkley dropped 44 points with 24 rebounds! And there was the other game against Golden State where he dropped 56! And there waws the other game where he hit a buzzer beater in David Robinson's face! Charles Barkley was awesome, and he was the best player on the Dream Team, in terms of how he played in the Americas Tournament in Portland as well as in Barcelona!

Nice list

Charles Barkley Dominates 7'0 Hakeem Olajuwon & 7'4 Ralph Sampson ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rEydAjTTHG4.htmlsi=dML269A61mg3yPHY

Barkley>Lebron