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“I Owe Basketball Everything!”: Charles Barkley Once Got Deeply Emotional on Live, National Television

Tonoy Sengupta
|PublishedJan 10, 2023

"I Owe Basketball Everything!": Charles Barkley Once Got Deeply Emotional on Live, National Television

May 26, 2022; San Francisco, California, USA; TNT analyst Charles Barkley during the TNT NBA Tip-Off pregame show before game five of the 2022 western conference finals outside of Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports

Charles Barkley is one of the most basketball personalities alive right now. And it’s not because he was great during his playing days. No, it’s because of just how funny he is as one of the panelists on TNT’s ‘Inside the NBA’. Fans just can’t get enough of him.

However, of course, he got the job with TNT because of his incredibly great career in the NBA. In fact, it is basketball he has to thank for his incredible $60 million net worth as well.

To make a long list short, Barkley has a lot to thank the sport for. And on one occasion alongside Jimmy Kimmel, he got just a little emotional about it.

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Charles Barkley thanks the sport of basketball while being live on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show

Jimmy Kimmel has been known to be one of the biggest fans of the NBA. So of course, when he got the chance to get Charles Barkley on his show, he took it.

During the show, the man decided to ask the Chuckster when he had last picked up a basketball. And the conversation that came out of it was enough to bring a tear to your eyes.

Take a look at the YouTube clip below.

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There does seem to be a hint of sadness in his voice, especially when he says he stopped playing because his body couldn’t take the punishment anymore.

But such is the cruelty of father time.

But hey, at least Charles Barkley got a pretty fun gig out of it. And it is one that allows him to get into some hilarious brawls with a certain other NBA legend every day.

Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley couldn’t even stop bickering on Christmas day

The holiday season is one of giving. It is one where even the worst enemies set their differences aside, and look to bury the hatchet, just to celebrate together.

However, it appears that even that isn’t quite enough for both Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley.

Here is proof of that from just this past Christmas Day.

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No matter the time, no matter the place. Fans can trust this hilarious duo to never change.

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About the author

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.