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Charles Barkley reveals how he became Chuck

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NBA legend Charles Barkley is often called Chuck. But where does the name come from? It turns out it came from his former coach at the Phoenix Suns Paul Westphal who passed away recently.

Barkley shared a story from his Suns days about how he became Chuck. “He said, ‘Chuck, you’re not going to talk to us?’ I said, ‘Who you talking to? My name is Charles, not Chuck.’

He said ‘Oh Paul call you Chuck.’ I said ‘From this day forward, my name is going to be Chuck.’ I had never been called Chuck until I got traded to Phoenix,” Barkley recalled on NBA on TNT per Duane Rankin.

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