Charles Buckley was born in a remote town in the U.S. state of La Bama, which is sparsely populated and impoverished. Buckley, like many other children in poor areas, only wants to get out of this poor place through his own efforts. But when he was a child, Buckley didn't seem to think he had anything to do with sports, except that he was obese. However, he has been interested in basketball since he was a child, and perhaps when he was a child, he never thought that he would one day enter the NBA and become the top players in the NBA.
After entering high school, Buckley joined the local high school, when Barkley was less than 1.83 meters tall. But the body is relatively obese, and the weight has reached 100 kilograms. By the third year of high school, Barkley's basketball skills were still not too good, and he did not become the team's starter. In the long run, Barkley felt that he had no basketball talent at all. If this continues, perhaps the future can only stay in this place. But he longed for big cities and had to drive him to work harder.
During his senior year of high school, Buckley set himself a devil training program that kept himself training for 12 hours a day. It is precisely because of this devil training that his basketball skills have been greatly improved, and his physical state has also been greatly enhanced. More importantly, after completing this devil training, his height has grown a lot. By the time he was in his senior year, his height was already in line with the height of a striker.
Because of this, he got some starting opportunities in his senior year, allowing him to show a talent for rebounding. Because of this, his high school broke into the Abalamat Final Four league and attracted many college coaches. After entering the university, Barkley's height was fixed at 1.98 meters. In the professional league, this height is the golden height of the defender. But for Barkley, he's going to break that rule. His team just didn't have the right center, so he arranged for Barkley to play in the No. 5 position.
Although he has no advantage in height, his muscular body and ball-handling skills trained in his third year of high school allow him to better card position and control rebounds on the inside. During his three-year college basketball career, he averaged 9.6 rebounds per game. With this performance, he became the MVP of the Southeast Division and was selected for the Best Team. Because of his excellent performance, Barkley did not continue to complete his senior year, but chose to graduate early to participate in the NBA Draft.
In the 1984 NBA Draft, Barkley was successfully selected by the NBA team, and the players who participated in the draft this year included Olajuwon, Jordan and Stockton, plus Barkley, becoming the most prestigious 4 rookies in this draft. Later, as you can see, these 4 players have become the top players in the NBA, and they have all been inducted into the Hall of Fame. After entering the NBA, he was worried that Barkley's height would hinder his career.
But in advocating hand-to-hand combat until the 90s, Buckley's "stout" body masked his height flaws. Not only can he play against other big men on the court, but he can also show amazing rebounding ability. His rookie season soon came to the fore and he gradually became the team's starter. What's more, he played with many NBA bigwig players in his rookie season, such as Julius Irving, Moses Malone, Bobby Jones and so on. Playing around these players makes it easier for Barkley to show off his talent.
Entering his second season in the league, Barkley began to show his fists, averaging more than 20 points per game and averaging 12.6 rebounds per game. Barkley at this time is like an "outlier". With a strong body, you can also maintain a light way of playing. He was able to play against other big men on the inside and control the ball like a defender, which surprised many players and coaches at the time. But that's how Barkley plays, not only playing his own style, but also being named to the league's second team this season.
Soon after, Moses Malone and Irving left the team, and Barkley naturally became the 76ers' leader player. He quickly became the rebounding king that season and the shortest rebounding king in history. He then led the team to playoffs against Jordan's Bulls, who also averaged nearly 24 points and 17 rebounds per game. But in the face of Jordan, who performed more superhumanly, Buckley could only eat the defeat.
Perhaps because of bad luck, Barkley was eliminated by Jordan's Bulls in the playoffs several times, which made Barkley distressed. At the same time, Buckley began to use alcohol to dispel his sorrows, and after getting drunk, he had an argument with passers-by, which led to his criminal detention. It was also because of his performance off the field, coupled with his inability to get the team to go further for many years in a row, the team traded him to the Suns. After coming to the Suns, Barkley and Kevin Johnson began to partner, and the two teamed up to play a good record, leading the Suns all the way to the top.
But when he led the Suns to the Finals, he met his old rival Michael Jordan in the Finals. Although Barkley gave a strong response in this series, Jordan's performance was like a god, and Barkley continued to drink hate. However, he got the regular season MVP this season, which was taken from Jordan. In the following seasons, Barkley's dominance gradually declined, coupled with repeated injuries, allowing him to live up to the courage of the year. Although he worked with Olajuwon and Drexler at the end of their careers, the players were old and ultimately failed to fulfill their dreams.
This is the NBA story of "Baron Barton" and the "uncrowned king" that people often refer to. Some people say that he was unlucky and met Jordan in many seasons where he could win the championship, and some people say that his dream came true, and barkley, who wanted to go to the big city to make a name for himself as a child, really did all this!