7 Things We Learned from Charles Barkley's Fascinating 50th-Birthday Interview

NBA Hall of Famer and grandiose observer Charles Barkley turns 50 years old on Feb. 20, and dependent upon the disclosing talk with that emulated the celebrations on NBA All-Star Saturday, he's heading into his second half-century without keeping anything back.

The Chuckster was reflective, genuine and even a little conflicting at times. Be that as it may that is what we've all come to need from him.

Besides granted Barkley's companion and work mate Ernie Johnson was the man putting forth the concerns, this was no cushion piece. Throw needed to face down some of his most notorious minutes, and he even showed a certain sum of unabashed bafflement throughout the uglier parcels of his 50th-special day review.

Acknowledging he's been a prominent (and exceptionally vocal) part of the NBA planet for 30 years, its difficult to visualize there was anything new to study about Barkley. Anyhow there were some in particular forcing disclosures in his boundless meeting.