Barkley explains why the Rockets owed him money

tinman · Jun 18, 2019

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http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...ined-weight-houston-pay-cut-article-1.2692444

There’s nothing like some payback overindulgence.

Hall of Fame power forward Charles Barkley took out his aggression at the buffet line during his final season in Houston after the team only paid him $8 million of the $12 million he says he was promised.

“The only year that I was fat was my last year in Houston, because they had promised me $12 million,” Barkley told Bill Simmons in an unaired clip from “Any Given Wednesday,” according to Sporting News. “I was so pissed. When I showed up, the contract was only for $8 million. And I said, ‘What happened to my other $4 million?’ They said, ‘Well, we just decided to keep it.’”

Barkley, who now serves as a basketball analyst on TNT, said that was in addition to a pay cut he’d already taken for the 1999-2000 season, which proved to be his last season in his 16-year career.

Charles Barkley’s baseball swing is almost as bad as his golf one

Barkley played just 20 games in the 1999-2000 season before retiring.
(PAT SULLIVAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The 1993 MVP had already agreed to cut his paycheck so the Rockets could bring Scottie Pippen to Houston — the agreement had to be under the table after the Timberwolves had been fined $3.5 million and stripped of five first-round picks for a similar deal with Joe Smith.

Barkley played just 20 games that season, shooting a career-low .477 field goal percentage and scoring just 289 points.

“They said, 'We need you to take a paycut so we can sign Scottie.' I said, 'OK, I would love to play with Scottie’” Barkley told Simmons. “They said, 'We'll give you $12 million next year.' So when I showed up the next year, they bring me a contract.

“I said, 'This looks like an 8.' They said, 'Yeah, we're going to give you $8 million.' I said, 'What about the other $4 million?' They're like, 'Well, we just changed our mind.' So I wasn't motivated.”
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@BeardNation13

Did you even know he played for the Rockets? and was the last time the Rockets made the conference finals since we got Harden?

Do you even care about Rockets history?

BeardNation13 · Jun 18, 2019

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@BeardNation13

Did you even know he played for the Rockets? and was the last time the Rockets made the conference finals since we got Harden?

Do you even care about Rockets history?
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Yes I do

BeardNation13 said: ↑

I guess you are too young to remember 96/97 or 14/15 after the Clippers 3-1 comeback win the semi-finals to make the WCF
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tinman · Jun 18, 2019

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Yes I do
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Did you know that his anti-Rockets stance on TNT for many years was because he said the Rockets owed him money?

topfive · Jun 18, 2019

tinman on a rampage this morning, giving the young uns a history lesson.

Ziggy · Jun 18, 2019

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Bump for the those dissing Tilman
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**** Tilman.

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