Charles Barkley says he's 'never leaving Phoenix alive,' eventually wants ashes spread in Las Vegas casino

Charles Barkley started his NBA vocation with the Philadelphia 76ers, but helium was introduced to Phoenix successful 1993, erstwhile helium began playing for the Suns.

Barkley has maintained a residence successful the Phoenix country ever since. While the 61-year-old hoops TV expert has precocious undergone a drastic weight loss successful an effort to beryllium arsenic steadfast arsenic possible, helium has besides fixed immoderate thought to his last wishes.

During an quality connected Arizona Sports, Barkley said helium yet does not privation to permission Phoenix without being cremated. The adjacent measurement of his petition involves immoderate of his ashes being dispersed successful Phoenix, arsenic good arsenic a Las Vegas casino.

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Phoenix Suns erstwhile subordinate Charles Barkley successful attendance astatine Footprint Center successful Phoenix connected Jan. 21, 2023. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

"I emotion surviving successful Phoenix; I’m ne'er leaving Phoenix alive," Barkley said. "When I permission Phoenix, they’re gonna cremate my abdominous a--.

"… My a-- is truthful big, I’m like, I privation immoderate ashes successful Alabama, I privation immoderate ashes successful Phoenix and I privation the remainder astatine a casino successful Vegas. We conscionable got to prime retired which casino."

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While the Hall of Famer has experienced his just stock of bully luck connected the hoops court, the likelihood were often not successful his favour erstwhile helium was astatine a gambling table. Earlier this year, Barkley told Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe that helium mislaid an estimated $25 cardinal of his luck owed to gambling.

Charles Barkley talks with the media anterior to Game Four of the 2024 NBA Finals betwixt the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics astatine American Airlines Center connected June 14, 2024 successful Dallas. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

"There’s astir apt been 7 times that I won a cardinal dollars," helium said. "But there’s astir apt been 25 times I’ve mislaid a million," helium said connected a May occurrence of Sharpe's "Club Shay Shay" podcast.

"I had to alteration my mentality due to the fact that you tin ne'er interruption the casino, [but] they tin interruption your a--."

College hoops expert Charles Barkley connected aerial earlier the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four title game. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

Barkley played successful the NBA for 16 seasons. During that time, helium said helium believes helium suffered astir $10 cardinal successful gambling losses. He has spent much than 2 decades arsenic 1 of the stars of TNT's fashionable "Inside the NBA" program.

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In July, Barkley revealed that his declaration with the web was worthy $210 million. He made the comments soon aft the NBA rejected a bid from Warner Bros. Discovery, TNT's genitor company, to workout its close to lucifer an connection from Amazon for a portion of the league's 11-year, $76 cardinal media rights deal. 

At the time, Barkley contemplated retiring from broadcasting. However, helium yet announced helium would instrumentality to TNT for the 2024-25 NBA season. 

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