{"id":1471414,"date":"2022-01-23T18:10:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T23:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1471414"},"modified":"2022-01-23T18:10:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T23:10:12","slug":"charles-barkleys-praise-derrick-coleman-reminder-career-tarnished-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/charles-barkleys-praise-derrick-coleman-reminder-career-tarnished-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Barkley's Shocking Praise For Derrick Coleman Is a Sad Reminder of a Career Tarnished by Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Charles Barkley<\/a> famously said, “I am not a role model<\/a>.” But he is a straight shooter, which is why it's a bit sad to look back on his past praise for former NBA<\/a> All-Star Derrick Coleman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once upon a time, Coleman looked like the league's most promising forward. Barkley believed the former New Jersey Nets star had an even higher ceiling. Unfortunately, Coleman's career got wrecked by injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCharles Barkley and Derrick Coleman dominated the power forward position early in the 1990s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n