Barkley did great here in this interview. Wish we had more players like that in today’s game after a tough loss. Very professional

it’s rare to see this vulnerability in today’s post game press . charles is always gonna do his job

@ryanloftis1125

Жыл бұрын

It would've been great to see him win a championship.

Barkley was a great player. I at times wish he would’ve won a championship.

@hectorlopez1069

Жыл бұрын

This was the only one he reached to the finals. He won't beat Jordan.

@TheLionaaa

6 ай бұрын

He was the best at his position in his era.

Men like this don't exist anymore. Barkley was a class player.

@hectorlopez1069

Жыл бұрын

He gave it his best, but came up short in 6 games.

@samuelwood8896

2 ай бұрын

@@hectorlopez1069No one ever took Jordan to 7 games in a finals.

I like how Charles Barkely, despite major dissapointment, is showing class by congratulating the Bulls.

@hectorlopez1069

Жыл бұрын

It was nice when he hug Jordan and congratulated him for his victory.

@nunyabusiness7927

9 ай бұрын

Yes, it's hard not to like Charles Barkley. He's honest and "real."

@ILoveOldTWC

Ай бұрын

@@nunyabusiness7927 Years later as an analyst, he said he'd slap someone if they told him LeBron James was the GOAT and not Michael Jordan. If someone said to him LeBron was as good as or better than MJ, he'd slap them. I wouldn't go that far, and I think he was talking tongue and cheek, but point was well made. That's how honest and "real" he is.

Everyone loved Michael, so did Chuck

Man you can just feel the hurt in his voice

Hey Charles: You did your best vs. MJ. At least you got an MVP & Gold Medal, so this was a dream season for you. And thanks for standing up for what's right in America (along with Shaq)! Hope the Suns win the Finals, you should be proud of what the franchise has done this season. Thanks, Chuck!

I remember that Suns team. I moved to Phoenix in 93 and it was nuts here. They had their opportunities. Just missed them.

@Biggrittz

2 жыл бұрын

Sucks this year the same thing happened I think Suns have a good chance since they got a growing Devin Booker

He was a phenomenal player, his performance on the dream team shows it perfectly.

They keep asking him "What did you and Michael talk about?", and he has already answered them. I like his answer about Magic Johnson's criticism about too much friendship between him and Michael and not enough animosity, he says Magic's no longer playing and I do what I want to do.

Love the sound of that old style phone ringing in the background around the 2:00-2:15 mark of this interview.

I was in the Philippines 🇵🇭 and watched this game. I was 11 years old. lol!!!

This was a tough interview for Barkley, especially after putting up with the phone ringing in the background. I dont know where he had it in him to show up to the rally outside AWA the next day!

A lot of players were in the prime during the same time as Jordan so there’s a lot of good players that don’t have a ring because of the great mike. Houston never would’ve won if Micheal didn’t retire early.

@tylerriley2587

6 жыл бұрын

Darian Williams facts

@umaga3501

6 жыл бұрын

Darian Williams Houston vs Chicago would have been a good Finals matchup

@ChrisM07

5 жыл бұрын

Disagree the Rockets had the team to beat the Bulls. They had more agility and had a SF that could space the floor while the Knicks didn't. Plus the Bulls lost to the Magic because they were overmatched in the frontcourt, they weren't winning a championship that year regardless.

@ChrisM07

5 жыл бұрын

Also I wanna add that the Suns nearly going to a G7 showed how talented they were because upfront they were clearly overmatched against the Bulls.

@leonidforgang3849

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know about that. Vernon Maxwell always played Jordan tough and that front line that Houston had would have bothered the Bulls. I think it would go the full 7 if they played each other.

Charles Barkley the goat

He’s such a goat says more about how a man handles losses.

Charles Barkley was absolutely correct.....The Suns WERE just as good as the Bulls!! It just came down to those individual moments that would decide the series! The Suns had a tight grasp on game 6 with a 4 point lead under a minute to go and WITH THE BALL!! It was just that 3 point dagger by someone other than Michael. I truly feel that if Paxton had not made that 3 pointer, the Suns would have absolutely won game 7! But the Bulls won because of that individual moment with 3.9 seconds left in game 6.

@yakubamansaray4676

5 жыл бұрын

Top to bottom, perhaps it can even be argued that the Suns were better on paper. But what it comes down to is that the Bulls had Jordan, who at that time was playing basketball better than anybody has ever played. This was an all-time classic NBA Finals in terms of how fantastic each of these teams were, and how evenly matched they were.

@leonidforgang3849

4 жыл бұрын

No question the Suns had more talent than the Bulls that year. Jordan put up 42 a game that series he basically willed the Bulls to a 3 peat. This and the 98 Finals were two of the greatest individual performances of all-time.

@mikepetitti

4 жыл бұрын

Respect all opinions here, but the Suns had the ball, up by four with less than a minute to play and couldn't win the game on their home court in which the Bulls scored in the single digits in the 4th quarter until the last minute of the game.

@maryakopyan3224

4 жыл бұрын

They would've been up more than 4 w/ the services of Ceballos to spell Dumas, and if Barkley had 2 healthy elbows (his injured one was his primary one). They likely would've also won Game 2. Maybe Jordan would've come mad into Game 3, and not let the Bulls lose that one, but then not have had the 55pt game in the fourth game. These were all 50/50 games. But I think a healthy Suns team would've pushed it to 7, as at least 1 of the 3 50/50 games that they lost they would've won on just the overal difference.

@dabearcub

3 жыл бұрын

As a Bulls fan, I think this Suns team and the Pacers were the best team they faced.

At least Barkley accepted defeat.

I preferred the Bulls to the Suns in that series, but I can also feel for Sir Charles, this was the closest he would ever come to being an NBA Champion.

@tylerriley2587

6 жыл бұрын

But everyone knew Michael was going to win the championship in all of his finals never went to a 7th game

@maryakopyan3224

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure that if the Suns had Cedric Ceballos, that the Bulls would've been able to score enough pts to beat them? Usually when Dumas would be out of the game, Ceballos would be in. Everybody had to play a little bit more minutes, and get a little more tired, to make up for the loss of the league's highest field goal %age shooter. And when Dumas had an off game like in Game 6, Ceballos would've been Westphal's alternate as a cutting small forward. Barkley was on his way to having one of the greatest games in Finals history, till he landed on his shooting elbow in the 3rd quarter of Game 2, which they only lost by 3pts. As a result, Barkley also couldn't shoot any of his mid rainge turnarounds from outside the paint, or face up jumpers the rest of that series. Still, the games were so close, despite Jordan averaging a Finals record, w/ the somewhat depleted Suns winning 2. Their defense was decent, just not great. I certainly don't think the Bulls thought that the Suns couldn't beat them, even if they don't admit to being scared of them. They won, but I don't think this series was a mismatch. John Paxson needed to be clutch. But I don't think that the refs were unfair in favor of the Bulls, unlike w/ the Knicks' series in this timeframe, or the Jazz' series in the later 90s. The Suns actually did get some favorable officiating throughout the 93' playoffs, but they're underrated compared to the late 90s Jazz, who simply were a good team that waited for all the Western powers to get old &/or have chemistry issues or injuries or inexperience. The 93' Suns beat more of the competition that was in their prime, or close to their prime.

@ends15

3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerriley2587 you say that now, you probably werent of age to remember Phoenix was a better team that season. Hindsight is 20/20

@edmondlau511

3 жыл бұрын

Phoenix was very talented and they were supposed to compete for years after this as Barkley was still in his prime. But Barkley had the misfortune of running into a prime Jordan then a prime Olajuwon in the ‘94 and ‘95 playoffs.

@hectorlopez1069

Жыл бұрын

​@@tylerriley2587 Jordan didn't went to distance with any team in the Finals. He took the Lakers to 5 games. The rest of them, 6 games. Not a game 7.

I love that he wasn't bitter when answering how the crowd was for them that night in Phoenix, "Our crowd has been tremendous all year, I mean they've been tremendous all year for us."

Great Video Chuck was really honest and just wanted a championship but the rockets refused to back down in the 94 and 95 playoffs

@leonidforgang3849

4 жыл бұрын

The Dream was on another planet those two years.

@maryakopyan3224

4 жыл бұрын

Dream was better overal in 93' than 94' or 95'. They would've beaten the Sonics in Game 7 if not for some very questionable officiating. But 94' Suns took a noticeable step down from 93', yet still went the distance against a Rockets team that stayed about the same, so it's hard to tell what would've happened?

Years later as an analyst, he said he'd slap anyone saying Le Bron was as good as or better than MJ.

Like many great players. You just ran into that Jordan wall. Don’t feel bad chuck.

@dusk6159

3 жыл бұрын

Bulls dynasty and all-time complete and deep team featuring, of everyone, Scottie, Ho Grant, Cartwright, Paxson hitting the shot coached by Phil Jackson* If you go to the ulterior HOF fest of 1996-1998 then..

At least he didn’t show up with a wrist brace, or make excuses. This hurt him bad and you could tell how much this loss affected him. This would be the only time he would make the finals. Shows you how small of a gap there is to win. All the stars have to align: right players, right coach, injury free and even some luck.

People don't understand, Barkley from 1987 to 1994, was a beast! He was a tough matchup for the Bulls front court of: Pippen, Grant, Cartwright, Scott Williams, Stacy King, Rodney McCray, Cliff Livingston, Will Purdue, and so many.

The "Round Mound of Rebound"......and class. Way to go Chuck!

@hectorlopez1069

Жыл бұрын

Great player, it's just he ain't gonna win anything if he loses on the home court.

great 1993 charles barkley 1993 nba finals bulls interview !!!

1993!!❤️

The best opponent Jordan faced in finals.

@Lord2wiceAsReal

3 жыл бұрын

No honestly Magic Johnson was the best opponent Michael Jordan faced in the finals but Charles did great

@Biggrittz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lord2wiceAsReal Magic All time wise, was no doubt was the most talented and even though he was still good that year he was Past his Prime. And possibly had HIV inside him which might have Hampered his Career even harder than Age. Probably On the Weaker end of MJ’s opponents. Still 1991 lakers proved they still got it though and James worthy Was also 🔥 (Chuck Was on paper not as much of a Machine as he was in Philly but his team was much better so he Sacrificed Some Stats since he was no longer one man Show) So I’d Say This was Still Chuck at the end of his prime. In my opinion, Best opponent was 1996 Sonics. They defeated 1996 Jazz and Did put Glove on MJ until game 2 who did the best defending Jordan in finals history. If they made GP defend MJ From the start who knows what might have happened.

I love Chuck ❤️

People say KJ should have passed the ball to Barkley who was unguarded under the hoop. That's not true. Check closely...Pippen was right there.

@damarimoland1613

3 жыл бұрын

right pippen covered everything

I still feel bad for him not have won that title!! Barkley deserved to have at least one ring!

That block at the end of the game was vicious.

As a Phoenix native, I’ll agree with Barkley here that we did not believe the Bulls to better. We might be the only loser to Chicago that might have thought this. In 2022, I still say the same. The Bulls were the “Chicago Jordans” and we were a balanced attack that was a minute or two from Game 7 in Phoenix.

I've never went back to my real life. I was 8 when this happened I'm 35 now.

They played Chuck he supposed to be NBA champ 94 95

@mukd559

3 жыл бұрын

fax

@Milehigh_

2 ай бұрын

He choked tho the Suns were up 2-0 against the Rockets in the '94 ECF and once again up 3-1 against the Rockets in '95, after that the opportunity for Chuck to win closed as soon as Mike came back for a full season '96

too bad barkley had a bad elbow in the series. Might have been different had he been able to shoot.

Tbh this is the only true team MJ Played and I'm not a Bron fan cuz he shit but to be fair Barkley was only Prime Player with a team MJ played Gary is not on Barkley level nasty asf but not Barkley & Even though he played Clyde Clyde team was not tht hard early 90s West just got good cuz of Barkley arrival, Malone Stock played legit 6 more years nd both played 18 - 20yrs meaning they were in they're 14th nd 12th season