Did you know Charles Barkley tried to eat his way out of being a 76er?

Charles Barkley's hysterical story of trying to gain 20 pounds in 48 hours to avoid getting drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers.
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[@abnego9676]

He's earned his place as a legend. That story is fantastic!

[@ErosIRL]

I also gained weight to keep the 76ers from drafting me… worked

[@wesleysturgis7356]

Me too.

[@justken1900]

I did it by not being good enough at basketball. That worked great, too.

[@Akkbar21]

#metoo

[@SKTV1991]

Helps when you already suck at basketball. Lmao

[@mantis10_surf85]

#MeToo. I really didn’t want to play for Philly either. I gained so much weight that I was never selected by any NBA team 😮

[@CustomizedUsername]

“I could’ve got that much in college” 😂

[@deweatherkids]

Charles Barkley is a national treasure.

[@frankcastle5294]

Chuck is a national treasure. My daughter lives in Auburn, AL and Barkley is still a legend on campus. He's a great guy.

[@DC4L80]

Amazing episode!!! You guys get me through my work days down here in Australia 🇦🇺

[@dexterwestin3747]

C'mon, don't make it sound like your job is boring because I would like to think you dodging Sydney funnel web spiders and fighting brown snakes and crocodiles just to get to work down there.

[@chrish7645]

Love your show Bro's. keep it going. Very authentic

[@johntroup8453]

Sir Charles is the man!!!!

[@KTF0]

James Harden clearly took notes.

[@magicbean-sva]

Hey Trav. What did Mahomes get for his ankle at SB LVII halftime? My wife has a torn meniscus and could use some of the magic.

[@rollin60z]

Perc 30

[@frankcastle5294]

Charles is a national treasure.

[@Grandizer8989]

Moses Malone set Barkley straight.

[@YaBoyyJohnNBA]

Chuck is fucking hilarious dawg LMFAOOO

[@Sergio-ih6lk]

Charles Barkley, that was good, just saying.

[@Bilal_Aslam_]

Travis had to look down at his notes because he couldn’t remember Shannon Sharpe’s name

[@ando2821]

Jason looking high af at 1:15 lol

[@victoriamilonas1942]

But why is he losing so much weight NOW??

[@rollin60z]

Because he wants to live longer what kinda dumba question is this🤦🤦🖕

[@Rinrn]

Wants to stay healthier for his grandchildren

[@jonnie5bgood583]

Have you ever heard of living before?

[@justinholland6132]

But the same old heads would act like this never happened but get on James harden and Zion for the same thing

[@mackinshizzaveli4202]

Chuck wasn’t already being paid and he lost the weight when they did draft him. Zion came in the league injured and fat and Harden injured himself being fat. Horrible comparison.

[@oliverk.8312]

🖕exactly my man. Couldn’t have said it any better

[@justinholland6132]

​@@mackinshizzaveli4202 I'm talking about in Houston where he literally bulked up to get out. Literally the exact same thing. And if zion was drafted already being fat and injured isn't that the pels fault? Point is he obviously isn't motivated to get healthy because he don't want to be there(JUST LIKE BARKELY DUMB*SS)

[@justinholland6132]

@@mackinshizzaveli4202 why tf if matter if u getting paid, y’all wouldn’t have made the same excuse for Zion.U just making up shit. And again here come u old heads leaving out stuff. Yea he loss weight but was still heavily overweight. Mosses Malone and Scottie, and many players/teammates and media critiqued him for this.

[@joejoiner8582]

@@mackinshizzaveli4202 Thats actually false he came in overweight and was fined over 4 times by Harold Katz for being overweight and out of shape

[@reanimatedgloq3937]

First

[@215brok]

Seventh😂

[@antcantcook960]

Remember this when he clowns Zion and complains about athletes professionalism

[@slimthugga1]

So you didn’t listen when he says how Moses Malone taught him how to be a professional & get his weight in check?!?

[@onyxblack1167]

​@@slimthugga1true....

[@jojijoestar7233]

Except Chuck had an NBA legend in Moses Malone tell him he’s fat, he’s lazy and he ain’t going to get any more minutes with how he’s shaped at that moment.