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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What he probably didn't expect was the raucous standing ovation the Sixers fans, in an enemy stadium, gave him when they realized they had seen one of the NBA's 50 greatest players play his last game...
...One time, he even threw a man through a plate-glass window after an altercation...
...title. But in the 1993 finals his Suns ran smack into the dynasty that would be the Chicago Bulls, and Barkley could only look at his MVP trophy from that season for consolation. In 1996, after contemplating retirement due to an aching back, he decided to give it one more try, this time going to the Rockets where he hoped he could put it all together with Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler...
...one season, he was suspended three different times. He stopped passing the ball to better teammates and got into loud arguments with both his coach and the referees. Even Scottie Pippen didn't want to play with him anymore and left the Rockets...
...Barkley announced his retirement after the season was over. I think he realized it was his time. His friends had left- Michael, Larry, Magic. He was playing for a team that was going to feature mostly rookies. I don't think Sir Charles wanted to suffer for more than one year...