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Article: Hall of Fame needs Barkley.(Charles Barkley)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- April 3, 2006
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Byline: Bob Ford
PHILADELPHIA _ Charles Barkley isn't a better basketball player today than he was last week. His election to the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., is very nice, definitely deserved, but the Hall gets the better end of this deal.
The man would have puttered along contentedly for the rest of his life if the honor had somehow eluded him, just as he wasn't devastated by the lack of an NBA title during his playing career.
The Hall of Fame, though, needs Barkley in the same way that Ed Sullivan needed the guy who spun plates on sticks. There are too many people who define their lives by the number of championship rings or stock ...
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