<p>Charles Barkley loves watching films of himself playing basketball.</p><p>He says it's not a narcissistic thing, it's about seeing basketball played hard, with players giving 100 percent and the game coming before the individual.</p><p>"I always tried as hard as I possibly could," Barkley said Friday before his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. "I like seeing that on tape. Today, they want to be stars. They don't want to be great players. We wanted to be great players."</p><p>Two other greats from Barkley's era, Dominique Wilkins and Joe Dumars, were to be inducted Friday night, as part of a Hall of Fame class that also includes former Big East Commissioner Dave Gavitt, Connecticut women's coach Geno Auriemma and Italian coach Sandro Gamba.</p><p>Barkley, Auriemma and Gavitt were first-ballot selections.</p><p>Barkley, who averaged 22 points and almost 12 rebounds per game in 16 NBA seasons, is not known for his humility. But he called it a humbling experience to be placed in the company of other Hall-of-Famers from his era _ players such as Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.</p><p>"It was the best," Barkley said. "When you compare these little rinky-dink teams you all got now to Bird's Celtics, Magic's Lakers and Michael's Bulls _ they'd kill these guys you all got winning today."</p><p>The Pistons were also pretty good, winning two championships in 1989 and 1990 with Joe Dumars at guard. Barkley called Dumars the best player on those teams, which also included more flamboyant stars, such as Hall-of-Famer Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer and Dennis Rodman.</p><p>"I wasn't concerned about the marquee board," said Dumars, who played his entire 14-year career in Detroit. "That's never mattered to me and I gladly let others step forward and do that. If there was a championship that year, then my whole focus was just that."</p><p>Like Barkley, Wilkins never won a championship. But he was a nine-time NBA All-Star and a two-time NBA Slam Dunk Champion known as "the Human Highlight Reel" for his above the rim acrobatics. It's a nickname he doesn't much care for.</p><p>"Dunking was just a small part of my game," he said. "Dunking was just an intimidating tool I used. I had a much more rounded game than just dunking. To get 26,000 points, you don't get them all on dunks."</p><p>Gamba coached European basketball for more than three decades, including four consecutive Italian Olympic teams from 1980-92. He earned a silver medal at the Moscow Olympics and won gold at the 1983 European Championships.</p><p>Auriemma has already collected five national championship trophies at Connecticut and is closing in on winning his 600th career game next season. He joins UConn men's coach Jim Calhoun in the Hall of Fame.</p><p>On Friday, Auriemma said all Big East coaches owe their careers to Gavitt, who helped form the league in 1979 and served as its first commissioner. Gavitt also served as the president of USA Basketball and is credited with putting together the original 1992 Dream Team that won the gold medal in Barcelona, a team that included Johnson, Jordan and Bird.</p><p>"Barkley was the best player on that team," Gavitt said.</p>
