Charles Barkley berated teammates during practice while eating McDonald's

 
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 6:21 pm    Post subject: Charles Barkley berated teammates during practice while eating McDonald's

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Charles Barkley berated teammates during practice while eating McDonald's

Allen Iverson may be the 76ers star best known for his aversion to practice, but he apparently wasn't the only one.

Former 76er Charles Barkley's practice routine included eating as much as it did working on his skills, at least according to former Philadelphia teammate Jayson Williams.


"My second day of practice we’re out there running up and down. Charles Barkley comes in about five minutes late. He comes in and he has a big McDonald’s bag. And he goes and he sits down on the bike," Williams told Vice. "And like a chemist. You know, a guy over there cutting up lines or something. You know?

"He’s just making — he’s got his back toward us and he’s doing stuff — I’m like, ‘What the hell is he doing?’ So, he takes the eggs, and he takes the pancakes, the sausage, maple syrup and butter, puts it all in one, wraps it up with the pancake and gets some extra syrup."

Not only did Barkley eat the pancakes while his teammates worked out, Williams said, he also berated them while they practiced.

"And I’m going, ‘Wow, (you're) going to eat that then and come run with us?’ Hell no," Williams said. "He’s going to eat that while he’s on the stationary bike. Peddling one mile an hour going … ‘Run the floor!' … ‘That’s why we ain’t never going to win the game!’ And pancake is spitting out (of) his mouth.”


Imagine if that had been caught on tape like Iverson's infamous "practice" rant.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:39 pm    Post subject:

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"He’s going to eat that while he’s on the stationary bike. Peddling one mile an hour going … ‘Run the floor!' … ‘That’s why we ain’t never going to win the game!’ … And pancake is spitting out (of) his mouth.”


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:27 am    Post subject:

Haha. I won't doubt that story, even from Jayson Williams (ugh), but Chuck was a bona fide superstar, guy. He didn't pack the accolades as a player to even make a face to him, someone like Magic or Jordan did.

However, the worst thing wasn't Chuck eating a Mickey D pancake burrito, but his bad influence as a GOON (especially in them daze) on Jayson as a person. Jayson already had a very bad set of problems coming into the league (a disturbed kid who had been thru a lot, violent hood, etc) and Chuck spat on a girl his rookie year. That's a worse example than Mickey D's. Then they went out clubbing, literally. Those two got into a bar fight where a victim got clubbed with a beer mug. Chuck was arrested, Jayson probably as well. If Williams had Moses Malone as a role model at that early stage, maybe he would've turned the page because he himself came into the league with a goonish incident at St. John's where he went at a fan with a folding chair WWF style.
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