Charles Barkley’s friendship with a guy from Iowa

[Colonel Homer]

who was a cat litter scientist.
http://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/12/14/lin-wang-charles-barkley

 

[QChawks]

Just read that story. Way cool.

 

[ThorneStockton]

Great story, thanks for posting.

 

[McLovin32]

That’s freaking awesome. I love Chuck.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

Cool

 

[Black Lab Hawk]

So cool. Thanks for sharing.

 

[torbee]

Dusty in here.........

 

[Joes Place]

 

[McLovin32]

Dusty in here.........

Agreed. Definitely got me too.

 

[Moral]

Had to stop reading for a bit because I clearly got something in my eyes. Barkley was by far my favorite player when I was young, and now I like him even more.

 

[McLovin32]

Had to stop reading for a bit because I clearly got something in my eyes. Barkley was by far my favorite player when I was young, and now I like him even more.

I lived in Phoenix when he played for the Suns. I remember seeing him in person once and I flipped out. He’s definitely one of my all-time favorites. And as you said, this makes me like him even more. Him and Craig Sager were incredibly close too. He made a ton of trips to visit Craig during his cancer battles.

 

[Moral]

I lived in Phoenix when he played for the Suns. I remember seeing him in person once and I flipped out. He’s definitely one of my all-time favorites. And as you said, this makes me like him even more. Him and Craig Sager were incredibly close too. He made a ton of trips to visit Craig during his cancer battles.

Maybe he is a role model after all.

 

[stillh8unlv]

That's crazy.....crazy in a great way.

 

[Old_wrestling_fan]

Nice story, Barkley is one guy that I really think would be great to know personally.

 

[theiacowtipper]

One of the things that struck me in that article was that Barkley doesn’t really have that many friends he likes to hang out with. He knows a bunch of people but they aren’t really friends. While the benefits of being a rich basketball player are incredible, think about how few people you meet want something from you. It would be hard to trust anyone.

 

[Old_wrestling_fan]

One of the things that struck me in that article was that Barkley doesn’t really have that many friends he likes to hang out with. He knows a bunch of people but they aren’t really friends. While the benefits of being a rich basketball player are incredible, think about how few people you meet want something from you. It would be hard to trust anyone.

This is exactly why I don't keep all of the millions of dollars that I earn throughout the year...it would be too hard to determine who your real friends are.

But seriously, I could see where it could be truly lonely to be a star athlete/celebrity and for real not know that someone is just interested in being a friend v. sponging off of you. I think this is what makes this story so cool...just two guys being friends to each other.

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

I heard this yesterday after two of my favorite national sports journalists tweeted it out. I cried twice: Once when it was revealed how they bonded over stories of their kids. And 2) realizing this guy’s last year rooting for Iowa basketball was 2017.