Charles Barkley

NBA Hall of Famer

Career Highlights: Considered one of the NBA’s most dominant power forwards, Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is now best recognized as the colorful and popular analyst on TNT’s “Inside the NBA.” Inducted into the 2006 Basketball Hall of Fame, Barkley followed up his NBA career with an Emmy Award-winning television career. A consummate entertainer, Barkley has evolved into a pop culture icon on TNT where he has been an NBA studio analyst since 2000. An 11-time NBA All-Star, five-time All-NBA First Team and five-time Second Team selection, Barkley won the 1993 NBA MVP award, when he led the Phoenix Suns to the NBA Finals. Barkley played his first eight seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers and finished his career with the Suns and Houston Rockets, posting career averages of 22.1 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists. A member of the 1992 and 1996 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic basketball teams, he was named Sports Illustrated’s 2002 “Personality of the Year.” Barkley has written several books including “Who’s Afraid of a Large Black Man?,” “I May Be Wrong But I Doubt It,” “Sir Charles:  The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley” and “Outrageous!”