He did have some solid competition in the form of Ben Wallace and DeMarcus Cousins, the former a Hall of Famer and the latter who could have been if injuries didn’t cut his prime short, but even then, Barkley was the clear-cut choice out of Alabama.īarkley was born and raised in Leeds, Alabama, and endured a tough childhood before eventually getting to high school, where he failed to make the varsity team at Leeds HS in his junior year due to weighing 220 pounds at 5-foot-10.īarkley then had a growth spurt and got up to 6-foot-4 his senior year, made the varsity high school basketball team and finally got attention from colleges when, in the Alabama high school state semifinals, he dominated a highly touted University of Alabama recruit, Bobby Lee Hurt. Ranking 25th overall in our HoopsHype77 ranking, Charles Barkley is a Hall of Famer and one of the greatest players in league history – and the very best to come out of the state of Alabama. Runner-ups: Ben Wallace, DeMarcus Cousins
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