He knew how to use positioning and leverage very well during the apex of his career.  The smarts to continually get inside position had a lot to do with his ability to amass double-digit rebounds in most every game.

For his height, Sir Charles played very smart while maintaining the bruising, physical style of play that he brought with him each time he got on the court.

Charles Barkley more than backed up his words, and most of the time, he's right.  He's honest and doesn't give a rat's ass what the common view amongst the mainstream media is.  That's one of the things I like about the guy.

You do make an outstanding point about him having the nerve to call Shaq fat when he earned nicknames like "The Round Mound of Rebound" and "Boy Gorge."

you have no sense of humor, or atleast appreciation for their sense of humor. Walton and Barkley are two old dumb guys who were great players, and even better on TV, because of their off the wall personalities. Walton, I can understand being a lil cuckoo, but you love the Chuckster. He is by far the most entertaining sports analyst. And him, Kenny, and Ernie are the best show on TV, period!

but I'm pretty sure all of us knew amare's defense needed to improve greatly. Also, charles wasn't around with this new and improved training staff (the track record of miracles) is only recent, barkley is ancient. Plus, anyone who spits at a person in the audience and ends up hitting someone innocent, that guy is a piece of trash. Your welcome to like him, and I won't continue with my points, but its pretty clear that Barkley is a jerk, was a a great player, yes, should have we won a championship with him on the suns, very very close, mj is the way.. For all the negatives I've said above on Barkley, the way he rebounded, etc, that's the type of player we so desperately need, plus you rarely if ever heard barkley complain, (If I recall correctly), which is all I ever hear Marion do. I couldn't stop laughing, at the miami press conference with marion and the heat, and there he was complaining again about not being recognized. 4 all star appearances, 17 million a year, seriously, marion made barkley look good. It's a tricky thing, because, yes, Marion did some things non of our players can or could, but, it's pretty clear just from listening to marion talk, that he cares more about what people think of him than being a good teammate. The big thing we should be looking at instead of any blogs or articles, the suns players, they all look happier with this move...jury is out on whether it will work, but I'm glad they took the chance.. sorry srp, I simply disagree with you on barkley, i do like that barkley says what he wants, I just think there's a way to do it with more class, much more....think of magic johnson..