Complex’s Greatest Charles Barkley Sneaker Moments
January 4th, 2012 by Brendan Dunne | 21 comments

During his time in the NBA, Sir Charles was a man who demanded attention both and off the court. His forceful style and in-your-face personality made him a superstar, a wave he’s still riding today with his various commentating gigs. Of course also essential to his style was the sneakers, as he locked down a few signatures for himself as one of Nike Basketball’s frontrunners in the 90′s, repping the Swoosh to no end as in the Reebok jacket controversy of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Complex has compiled a gallery of Charles Barkley sneaker shots for your view pleasure, a timeline that starts out with him rocking Converse basketball models before he made the transition to Nike’s Force series and his own signature sneaks like the Nike Air Max CB 34 later on. The tail end of the selection even includes some middle-era Jordan Brand heat, with the Mound Round of Rebound rocking the Air Jordan XIV and the ‘Cool Grey’ Jordan XI. Get a sample of the heat after the jump and hit up Complex for the full feature.














those AJ8 and AJ 14. I need both
Swagger
lmao the pic with him layin on the table
To me, he was the best overall player during the 1992 Olympics.
lookin big as shit in the first pic
that 5th pic with him and mike, the need to bring both of them sneaker's back FOREAL!!!!!!
Both of those been back out, playoff 8's in 07 and those force joints come out like every five years, I got em both fresh
Didnt look to "afaletic" in that 1st pic
thats turrible!
Learn how to spell
He that nigga tho
Yes people after all these years im coming out the closet. Im GAY! i talk trash because im insecure about myself. I love men!!
Best small foward in history!!!
those cool greys just fell all the way off the market now that "fat boy" wears them. He was a MUCH better player than michael jordan. Dont worry charels barkely, its ok that u dont have a ring. Lebron James will join you in about 4 years!!!
if you think lebron only has 4 years lett you are a fucking idiot, not to mention you are on rick ross' dick calling a pro athlete fat? ok go suck those lard nuts that your boy has
im sorry officer ross, is there anyway i can get out of trouble. If you take me to your mansion, 'll make it worth your while. I'll get down on all four's as soon as we land. or i can run arouund naked.
Sir Charles always had a nice shoe game,
Lol Mann Charles Barkley was a FOO and still is on that one show....Nice Nice shoes too and he shows respect by wearing Jordans too!! RNS
Sir Charles is still my favorite basketball player of all time. He was hard body on the court and funny off of it. The "I am not a role model" commercial is still a classic
hahaha first pic reminds me of this dude at the gym, he trains in retros all the time...and he beats the hell outta em within a month! you name it, space jams, true blues, infrared 6's - Ive seen em all on this guy and he just kicks around weights with em and shit like nobody's business. (I dunno why would anyone really want to train in basketball shoes though, I've always preferred having the grounded feeling)
Cool story bro!