Charles Barkley and Jennifer Hudson.Photo: Chris Millard/Warner Bros.
NBA great Charles Barkleyis revealing his secret to great rebounding.
The basketball star — whose career total of 12,546 rebounds puts him in the top 20 all-time NBA rebounders — shared his game-winning technique onThe Jennifer Hudson ShowTuesday.
“You’re one of the greatest rebounders in NBA history,“Hudson, 41, said as she welcomed Barkley, 60, to the show. “Tell me about this special technique you had, what was that?”
“Well… I have a big bottom,” Barkley joked as the audience roared with laughter.
“I try and put it on as many guys as possible,” he continued. “Hey, it’s hard to get around this big ass. It’s hard to get around it.”
“There you go, right there, there’s a good example,” Barkley added after Hudson showed a photo of him playing against Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird.
“Hey, let me tell you something, he’s not going to move,” he jokingly continued. “Once you put that ass on somebody, they’re not going to move.”
“That’s the great Larry Bird. Once you put that ass on somebody, they’re stuck there.”
The pair then hopped up and Barkley showed Hudson how he won so many rebounds.
Charles Barkley and Jennifer Hudson.Chris Millard/Warner Bros.
“So, if the ball is ready to go up, the first thing I’m doing is… boom!” he said, while getting into full rebound position. “You try to go that way or that way, I’m moving, I’m moving,” he said as Hudson attempted to get around him.
The light-hearted moment follows Barkley’s recent revelation about the explosive conversation that ended hisonce-close friendshipwith NBA superstarMichael Jordan, 60.
“That would be on his end,” Barkley told Barnes of any “light at the end of the tunnel” for their relationship.
Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan.Prince Williams/Wireimage, Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty
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Barkley told the podcast hosts that Jordan, 59, “went ballistic” during the conversation after their initial disagreement, whichBarkley told Taylor Rooksstemmed from a comment Barkley made about Jordan’s ownership of the Charlotte Bobcats (now theHornets).
“He called me and the last thing I heard was ‘Motherf—-er, f— you. You’re supposed to be my boy.’ I said ‘Man, I gotta do my job.’ We haven’t spoken since that night.”
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According to Barkley, it has been ten years since that conversation.
Barkley described Jordan as his “best friend at the time,” before their falling out. “I love the guy and miss the guy, but I gotta do my job,” the NBA on TNT analyst explained, adding, “I think I’m fair to everybody.”
In December, Barkley said he’d be open to moving on from the feud with his former best friend. “I probably would say, ‘What I said, I believed. I’m sorry you took offense to it. And let’s get past this bulls–t and get back to playing golf and having fun,” Barkley told Rooks for Bleacher Report.
source: people.com
