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Charles Barkley says Trail Blazers were “first choice” for 1992 trade

Charles Barkley, Phoenix Suns (Photo by BRIAN BAHR / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRIAN BAHR/AFP via Getty Images)

Charles Barkley said the Blazers were his “first choice” to be traded to before his 1992-93 MVP season. Did Portland miss out on multiple titles by getting cold feet on a deal?

Hoops podcast lovers were given a tag team like no other this morning, when Charles Barkley took to Zach Lowe’s Lowe Post podcast to discuss adventures from his playing career, Dream Team stories, and my personal favorite: his experience of playing a game drunk because he thought he’d been traded.