Charles Barkley has always been a big mouth and always has been blood on and off the field. And the story told by Scott Brooks at the All Star weekend is the best proof.

The current coach of the Thunder's rookie when he arrived in Philadelphia in 1988. In the locker room a young Charles Barkley, difficult to fit by his coach, Jim Lynam, despite his enormous talent.

"Charles was one of the toughest players to coach because he was talented, stubborn and unpleasant," says the coach of the Thunder. "Jimmy was challenged to fight," we put our wallets on the floor. Whoever wins wins money. "He then launched a 'Charles, put your wallet on the ground, you're not as hard as you do not think' "

Barkley has not responded to the challenge, and that day, Brooks took a lesson in NBA coaching.

"I've always remembered this episode as how to coach an NBA player. It was not supposed to coach Barkley because he was an All-Star but because it was just part of the 12 players of the workforce. "

Ironically, Brooks told this story to Dei Lynam, the daughter of his former coach and now journalist for CSN Philly.