some short impressions of the career of charles barkley…

nike is paying tribute to one of the best ballers and baddest trash talkers of all time in a massive way.
in honor of charles barkley a whole collection of air force 1s will be released. the whole series will include a total of 24 different models – all of which have already reached classic status.
the collection is divided in six separate packs of four shoes – each representing a different step in the career of the “round mound of rebound”.
the six color schemes range from barkley’s highschool to college days at auburn and include all of sir charles’ three nba teams as well as the olympic dream team of ’92.

the green and black colors resemble the uniform of barkley’s highschool in leeds, alabama.

he spent three years at the university of auburn where he earned the nick name “round mound of rebound”.

drafted by the philadelphia 76ers in 1984 charles spent his first eight years in the nba in the city of brotherly love.

in 1992 “the chuckster” was a member of the original “dream team” that took home the olympic gold for the united states in barcelona.

while playing with the suns barkley won the mvp in 1993 and reached the nba finals in the same year.

sir charles finished his career with the houston rockets where he was a member of the “big three” – teaming up with hakeem olajuwon and clyde drexler.

get your own part of the air force 1 charles barkley collection at unnh or buy them online at kickz