Charles Barkley once played an NBA game drunk
Add another crazy Charles Barkley anecdote to the top of the large pile of them.
While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Barkley remembered a day in the 1980s in which he was traded from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Los Angeles Lakers. He was so pumped by the deal he went out and got drunk.
But then the deal fell through … and there was a Sixers game that night.
"I don't remember anything about that game," he said.
Barkley also talked about that great old video of him listing his nicknames:
Also, Chuck hasn't played basketball in a while:
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