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}} Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is an American retired professional basketball player and current analyst on the television program ''Inside the NBA''. Nicknamed "Chuck", "Sir Charles", and "The Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dominating power forwards.〔 He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 5th pick of the 1984 NBA draft. He was selected to the All-NBA First Team five times, the All-NBA Second Team five times, and once to the All-NBA Third Team. He earned eleven NBA All-Star Game appearances and was named the All-Star MVP in 1991. In 1993, he was voted the league's Most Valuable Player and during the NBA's 50th anniversary, named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic games and won two gold medals as a member of the United States' "Dream Team". Barkley is a two-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, being inducted in 2006 for his individual career, and in 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hall of Famers )〕〔http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/1992-united-states-olympic-team〕 Barkley was popular with the fans and media and made the NBA's All-Interview Team for his last 13 seasons in the league.〔nba.com, (Charles Barkley: Original Bio ), accessed March 6, 2007.〕 He was frequently involved in on- and off-court fights and sometimes stirred national controversy, as in March 1991 when he spat on a young girl while attempting to spit at a heckler,〔latimes.com, (Barkley Allegedly Spit at Fan and May Have Hit Little Girl ), accessed March 11, 2014〕 and as in 1993 when he declared that sports figures should not be considered role models. Short for a power forward, Barkley used his strength and aggressiveness to become one of the NBA's most dominant rebounders. He was a versatile player who had the ability to score, create plays, and defend. In 2000, he retired as the fourth player in NBA history to achieve 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists.〔nba.com, (Charles Barkley Career Statistics ), accessed March 7, 2007〕 Since retiring as a player, Barkley has had a successful career as a television NBA analyst. He works with Turner Network Television (TNT) as a studio pundit for its coverage of NBA games〔 and is a spokesman for CDW. In addition, Barkley has written several books and has shown an interest in politics; in October 2008, he announced that he would run for Governor of Alabama in 2014,〔cnn.com, (Charles Barkley tells Brown racism is a cancer ), Retrieved October 28, 2008〕 but he changed his mind in 2010.〔cnbc.com, (Twitter Users Are "Idiots" ), Retrieved July 21, 2010〕 == Early life == Barkley was born and raised in Leeds, Alabama, ten miles (16 km) outside Birmingham, and attended Leeds High School. As a junior, Barkley stood 5'10" (1.78 m) and weighed 220 pounds (99.8 kg). He failed to make the varsity team and was named as a reserve. However, during the summer Barkley grew to 6'4" (1.93 m) and earned a starting position on the varsity team in his senior year. He averaged 19.1 points and 17.9 rebounds per game and led his team to a 26–3 record en route to the state semifinals.〔 Despite his improvement, Barkley garnered no attention from college scouts until the state high school semifinals, where he scored 26 points against Alabama's most highly recruited player, Bobby Lee Hurt.〔Charles Barkley. (n.d.). Contemporary Black Biography. Answers.com, (Charles Barkley ), Retrieved May 16, 2007〕 An assistant to Auburn University's head coach, Sonny Smith, was at the game and reported seeing, "a fat guy... who can play like the wind".〔Michael Wilbon, "Barkley: the Great Wide Hope", ''The Washington Post'', April 23, 1984〕 Barkley was soon recruited by Smith and majored in business management while attending Auburn University.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Barkley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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