LOS ANGELES – Charles Barkley, getting in shape for a
possible joint NBA comeback with Michael Jordan, plans to move to Chicago to be near Jordan for a month of serious training before a decision is
made.
Barkley said in Thursday's Los Angeles Times that when his
broadcasting duties with TNT end May 24, he'll live and train with
Jordan in Chicago. The "live with" comment was likely tongue in cheek, but Barkley was serious about working out with Jordan.
Barkley said Jordan came to his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., last
week and they played in a scrimmage with Phoenix's Penny Hardaway.
"Michael looked great," Barkley told the Times.
Noting that Doug Collins is leaving his job as an NBC
commentator to become coach of the Washington Wizards, Barkley
said, "If that isn't an indication that Michael is coming back, I
don't know what is."
Barkley said he is working out twice a day and has lost 45
pounds since he and Jordan began training for their possible
comebacks at the start of the year.
Barkley now weighs 292 pounds and would like to get down to
about 265. Jordan has lost 25 pounds.
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