![]() ![]() Other than having the most apt and awesome power forward name of all-time, Robinson was an All-Star who was coming off a season in which he went for 22.7 points and 15.7 rebounds - leading the league in the latter category. This was an issue they attempted to amend in 1979 when they dealt for fire-breathing power forward Truck Robinson. Truck Robinson (1979) - as pretty much any Suns fan knows, the franchise has had an almost constant reputation for being soft. A year after losing a coin flip for some tall dude from UCLA - the Suns won a coin flip for Hawkins and the ABA MVP was theirs. Hawkins then opted to sue the NBA and the league settled in 1969 - permitting him entry into the league. ![]() During his NBA exile, Hawk played for the Globetrotters and also was the MVP of the 1967-68 ABA regular season and playoffs. That was a punishment for a crime for which he wasn't even indicted - that's 1960's justice for you. Hawkins was part of a point-shaving investigation in his days at Iowa - one that resulted in his expulsion from school and blacklisting from the NBA. If you're like me it's pretty clear who the most hyped Phoenix Sun is (and perhaps will ever be) but some of you are 11 years old so I'll lead off by showing you who just missed the cut:Ĭonnie Hawkins (1969) - most younger Suns fans are unaware of The Hawk other than the fact that he's in the Ring of Honor but he's got a fascinating back story. So unless you feel like claiming that Armen Gilliam is the most hyped Suns player or you feel the Valley was in a tizzy (just think about teenage girls fainting at Beatles concerts at Shea Stadium) when Corky Calhoun went 4 th overall in 1972 then we're left with trades and free agents. In fact, Alex Len marks just the 7 th guy the Suns have picked in the Top 5 in their 46 seasons and only the 2 nd since 1978. Unlike a lot of teams, the Suns have rarely had a Top 5 pick. ![]() ![]() Well friends, this one is actually pretty easy. Since its history related, former overlord Seth and current overlord Dave got together and subcontracted the duties out to yours truly while simultaneously hoping I'd write about somebody they'd heard of. In this sense, "hype" is defined as a player who came in with major expectations - so with all due respect to Public Enemy it's irrelevant whether the hype was to be believed or not. Not long after, Barkley was traded to the Phoenix Suns where he was named MVP in 1993.On a very special edition of SB Nation's NBA Theme Day, the rag tag affiliation of blogs has been asked to write about the most hyped player to come into their respective franchises and how that worked out overall for them. "I'm getting all the dirt off my shoulders. "I am only gonna play basketball 'cause I'm great at it and I love to play," Barkley said he vowed after the incident. Gomez, a Spanish teacher who'd flunked him, which prevented him from graduating with the rest of his high school class. Barkley said his play had been fueled by anger at his dad, who left the family when Barkley was a year old, and Ms. "I was sittin' in my hotel room, and I was like, 'you are the biggest loser in the world.'" "I got suspended, rightfully so," Barkley said. In 1991 while playing with the 76ers in New Jersey, he spat at a heckler and inadvertently hit a young girl. One of Barkley's most infamous moments, though, came not because of a controversial opinion, but on the court. "He got a mouth like granny," one of his friends agreed during a visit to Barkley's hometown of Leeds, Alabama. His friends say it's a trait he inherited from his grandmother, who helped raise Barkley alongside his mother. "And he got really offended, and we haven't spoken." FILE: Phoenix Suns forward Charles Barkley (34) laughs at a foul call with Chicago Bulls guard Michael Jordan (23) in the first half 28 January 1996 at the United Center in Chicago.įor Barkley, who makes a living sharing his unvarnished opinions as an analyst on TNT's "Inside the NBA," there's no room for a double standard. "And what I said, I think that he don't have enough people around him that are gonna tell him, 'No,'" Barkley said. Jordan is the owner of the NBA team which, at the time, had been struggling to win games. Charles Barkley: The 60 Minutes Interview 13:45īorn just three days apart, basketball legends Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan were once the best of friends, but now they haven't spoken in years.īarkley, who is famous for his opinionated takes, told 60 Minutes correspondent Jon Wertheim that Jordan broke off the friendship over comments Barkley made about the Charlotte Hornets. ![]()
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