Charles Barkley The number one knock on LeBron for older guys like me has always been Yo man you always stacking your team He stacked in Miami He stacked in Cleveland He stacked in LA Now hes stacking it in Philly So that to me Im going to still have the same criticism Ive always had

Charles Barkley on July 7 2026 The biggest criticism of LeBron has always been that he packs his team Because hes always packed his team Hes chasing this imaginary Michael Jordan ghost which he needs to let go Barkley also said he ranks both Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant ahead of LeBron

Charles Barkley sounds off on NBA analytics

Charles Barkley on LeBron vs MJ LeBron is a nice guy Michael and Kobe they want to kill you at all cost that's what separate them LeBron is a great basketball player them other two guys they were fanatics they were dangerous

Stephen A Smith Jaylen Brown didnt come to Philly to be a number two He wants to be number one LeBron James didnt come to Philly to be number three He wants to be at least number two option Hows it going to work

Charania Philadelphia was not in the picture for LeBron until after the Jaylen Brown trade and within 24 hours LeBron was taking their pitch very seriously It's currently a hierarchy of Cleveland Miami and Philadelphia and then teams on the periphery

Charania LeBron James is taking the Sixers free agency pitch really seriously I look at it when I talk to teams now as kind of a hierarchy of Cleveland Miami Philadelphia