What to Know
- The 76ers will honor Charles Barkley with a statue along their Legends Walk outside their practice facility in Camden.
- Barkley played eight seasons with the Sixers and he was named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history.
- The statue will be unveiled on Sept. 13.
The Philadelphia 76ers will honor Charles Barkley with a statue along their Legends Walk outside their practice facility in Camden.
The statue will be unveiled on Sept. 13. It will join other Sixers legends including Wilt Chamberlain, Maurice Cheeks, Julius Erving and Bobby Jones.
Barkley played eight seasons with the Sixers and he was named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history in 1996.
Barkley was named an All-Star in six straight seasons between 1987 and 1992.
The team retired his number 34 was retired in 2001.
Correction (Sept. 6, 8:38 a.m.): This story has been updated to properly reflect the number of times that Barkley was an All-Star with the 76ers.
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