Charles Barkley began his NBA profession with the Philadelphia 76ers, however he was launched to Phoenix in 1993, when he started taking part in for the Suns.
Barkley has maintained a residence within the Phoenix space ever since. Whereas the 61-year-old basketball TV analyst has just lately undergone a drastic weight reduction in an effort to be as wholesome as doable, he has additionally given some thought to his remaining needs.
Throughout an look on Arizona Sports activities, Barkley stated he in the end doesn’t wish to depart Phoenix with out being cremated. The subsequent step of his request entails a few of his ashes being unfold in Phoenix, in addition to a Las Vegas on line casino.
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Phoenix Suns former participant Charles Barkley in attendance at Footprint Heart in Phoenix on Jan. 21, 2023. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports activities)
“I really like dwelling in Phoenix; I’m by no means leaving Phoenix alive,” Barkley stated. “After I depart Phoenix, they’re gonna cremate my fats a–.
“… My a– is so huge, I’m like, I would like some ashes in Alabama, I would like some ashes in Phoenix and I would like the remaining at a on line casino in Vegas. We simply received to pick which on line casino.”
Whereas the Corridor of Famer has skilled his justifiable share of excellent fortune on the basketball court docket, the chances had been typically not in his favor when he was at a playing desk. Earlier this 12 months, Barkley advised Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Shannon Sharpe that he misplaced an estimated $25 million of his fortune as a result of playing.
Charles Barkley talks with the media previous to Sport 4 of the 2024 NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics at American Airways Heart on June 14, 2024 in Dallas. (Stacy Revere/Getty Photographs)
“There’s most likely been seven occasions that I received one million {dollars},” he stated. “However there’s most likely been 25 occasions I’ve misplaced one million,” he stated on a Might episode of Sharpe’s “Membership Shay Shay” podcast.
“I needed to change my mentality as a result of you’ll be able to by no means break the on line casino, [but] they’ll break your a–.”
School basketball analyst Charles Barkley on air earlier than the NCAA Males’s Basketball Match Remaining 4 championship sport. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Photographs)
Barkley performed within the NBA for 16 seasons. Throughout that point, he stated he believes he suffered round $10 million in playing losses. He has spent greater than twenty years as one of many stars of TNT’s well-liked “Contained in the NBA” program.
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In July, Barkley revealed that his contract with the community was value $210 million. He made the feedback shortly after the NBA rejected a bid from Warner Bros. Discovery, TNT’s mum or dad firm, to train its proper to match a suggestion from Amazon for part of the league’s 11-year, $76 billion media rights deal.Â
On the time, Barkley contemplated retiring from broadcasting. Nonetheless, he in the end introduced he would return to TNT for the 2024-25 NBA season.Â
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