“Could Hear the Cops Say FREEZE!”: Charles Barkley Recalled High-School Incident That Made Him Focus on Basketball

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“Could Hear the Cops Say FREEZE!”: Charles Barkley Recalled High-School Incident That Made Him Focus on Basketball

Charles Barkley wasn’t always focused on basketball growing up in Leeds, Alabama. In fact, as a sophomore, he had missed out on making the Varsity Team. So, what changed? The Philadelphia 76ers legend opened up about a run-in with the police that made him focus on basketball. Barkley had appeared on In-Depth with Graham Bensinger where he narrated an incident from his teenage years.  “One day I was a 5’10 backup point guard. And the next year I’…