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Charles Barkley Tried To Pay Legendary NBA Star To Play For Auburn
by Larry Leo
April 17, 20248 Comments
Shanna Lockwood-USA TODAY Sports
Charles Barkley says that he met Dirk Nowitzki in Germany while traveling with the "Dream Team" in 1992, and that he wanted to convince him to come to Auburn...
quote:(The Spun)
"I met Dirk Nowitzki and tried to pay him to come to Auburn.
We played an exhibition in Germany, and I’ve got Scottie Pippen, who is a great defender, I’ve got Horace Grant. A couple of other NBA players, and we played this German team,” Barkley said in an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show.
Barkley said that Nowitzki finished with 52 points against elite NBA opposition, and that he took notice of the tall youngster.
“I said, ‘Yo man, who are you?’ He said, ‘My name is Dirk Nowitzki.’ I said, ‘Do you wanna go to Auburn? I’ll take care of that,’” Barkley said.
“He says, ‘I gotta go in the Army.’ I said, ‘Dude, you’re 7 feet tall. You’re not going in the damn Army.'”
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