Charles Barkley on the Lakers' treatment of Westbrook They have taken all his joy out of life and basketball The Lakers stink He used to be so exuberant The wear and tear mentallyplaying with Patrick Beverlyhe's going to get the blame no matter what They scapegoated him last year

Charles Barkley on LeBron James I'm dealing with these fools in the media Lakers didn't want LeBron You think if the Lakers really want LeBron he would have left there C'mon man stop it

JR Smith on Westbrook's tenure with LebronLakers I understand what Westbrook was going through Seeing people around who are supposed to be the closest to you your teammates and organization kind of flip on you and then the fanbase its really tough

Kwame Brown blames LeBron James for destroying Russell Westbrook and hurting the development of Dalton Knetch for his son Bronny James He also predicts something similar will happen with Joel Embiid if he fails to play 70 games this season and with VJ Edgecombe

Charles Barkley says LeBron is not beating father time We have to be honest about LeBron Didn't he get swept in the playoffs the last couple of years Just because youre putting up good numbers dont mean youre being effective We got a lot of Stepford Wives out there when it comes to LeBron

Charles Barkley pay cuts in the NBA during his time Oh it happened when I played The Rockets needed me to take a pay cut to sign Scottie Pippen and I said you know whatSo ya'll can get Scottie Pippen I'll take a pay cut He then shares how he didn't get the money promised by the Rockets

Norman Powell says the Lakers are the most overrated team in the NBA