{"id":67920,"count":193,"description":"In 1984, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/charles-barkley-gained-20-pounds-to-avoid-being-drafted-by-76ers\/\">Philadelphia 76ers drafted<\/a> Charles Barkley with the No. 5 overall pick. Prior to his NBA debut, the Alabama native spent three years at Auburn University where he still holds the school record for his field goal percentage (62.6%). Barkley joined the NBA All-Rookie First Team in his first year <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/philadelphia-76ers\/\">with the 76ers<\/a>. After eight seasons of learning from Philadelphia greats like Julius Erving, Maurice Cheeks, and Moses Malone, the power forward became the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/charles-barkley-reveals-why-hell-sell-his-1993-mvp-trophy\/\">NBA MVP in 1993<\/a> with the Phoenix Suns.\r\n\r\nAlong the way, Barkley represented the U.S. at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/charles-barkley-didnt-let-the-dream-team-stop-him-from-hitting-the-local-clubs\/\">winning two gold medals<\/a>. The 11-time All-Star\u00a0eventually played for Houston Rockets, rounding out his 16-year NBA career as the Round Mound of Rebound. Since his retirement in 2000, Barkley has had a successful career as an NBA commentator, earning four Sports Emmy Awards for <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tnt-persuaded-charles-barkley-to-re-up-his-contract-with-1700-worth-of-alchohol\/\">his work on TNT<\/a>.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Birthday:<\/strong> February 20, 1963<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Leeds, Alabama<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>College:<\/strong> Auburn University<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Height:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/charles-barkley-dubbed-himself-ninth-wonder-world-never-be-another-player-like-me\/\">6'6\"<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Spouse:<\/strong> Maureen Blumhardt (m. 1989)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Children:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/charles-barkley-worth-50-million-gave-daughter-ultimatum-paying-wedding\/\">Christiana Barkley<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Jersey:<\/strong> No. 34 (Phoenix Suns) and No. 32 (Philadelphia 76ers)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Number of NBA championship wins:<\/strong> 0<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Number of NBA championship appearances:<\/strong> 1 (1993)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<em>Visit Charles Barkley's profile on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barklch01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Basketball-Reference.com<\/a>.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Read the latest articles about Charles Barkley:<\/strong><\/em>","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/charles-barkley\/","name":"Charles Barkley","slug":"charles-barkley","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - 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