Charles Barkley will not be fairly as enamored with the Los Angeles Lakers’ blockbuster Luka Doncic commerce as some others are.
In an look on NBATV Sunday, Barkley predicted that Doncic and LeBron James would possibly wrestle to coexist on the Lakers, at the least initially. Barkley pointed to the truth that Doncic and James are each ball-dominant gamers as a possible concern and predicted “rising pains” for the Lakers’ new duo.
“This factor will not be going to be clean in L.A. with (Doncic) and LeBron, as a result of each of them need the ball one hundred pc of the time,” Barkley stated. “Luka doesn’t transfer with out the ball. LeBron doesn’t transfer with out the ball. There’s going to be some critical rising pains when these two attempt to play collectively. Now, they’re each nice gamers, don’t get me flawed, however LeBron needs the ball, and Luka undoubtedly needs the ball. It’s going to be very attention-grabbing how that works out.”
