Brian Windhorst on Charles Barkley comments saying LeBron James stacks every team he goes to: “Where does Charles and the legends want LeBron to go? Do they want him to go to the G League? Because if he went to Cleveland is that team stacked? Is Miami with Bam... Adebayo and Giannis Antetokounmpo is that team stacked? Jokic and Jamal Murray is that team stacked? Ant Edwards, Rudy Gobert I don’t know he left Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves is that not? I don’t understand the premise of the complaint.”show more

I don’t like Brian Windhorst but that fat boy cooked

LeBron could’ve retired, niggas would’ve complained, LeBron could’ve went to ANY team and niggas would complain. LeBron could’ve stayed with the lakers and. Niggas would’ve complained. People just want something to complain about. When he’s gone who they gonna bitch about next?

Windy gotta get back on the payroll, bruh too loyal. And I agree. It's like Bron had to either pick the Hornets or Nets and then be expected to take them to the finals at 42. LOL

Ring chasers vs ring makers, I think it ridiculous that Barkley a 76er legend is critical of LeBron. Every player should want to play with a team that gives them the best chance to win, KCP is joining Philly and he’s not being criticized

There is no winning when it comes to LeBron and his haters If he goes to a good team he’s ring chasing he if goes to a bad team he’s trying to boost his stats playing empty minutes, if he takes less money he’s cheating if he takes more money u don’t want to sacrifice

Stay in 1 place. No other Mt Rushmore player in any sport minus Gretzky (Hockey salary stuff is obviously different, and it was 30 yrs ago) jersey jumped like this dude. And he usually holds the league and every roster he’s a part of hostage the whole time he’s making the decision This time, “coincidentally” he chose a starting lineup of himself, 2 All NBA guys, an All Rookie 1st Team, and an MVP. Admirable of him to yet again tackle such a massive challenge 😂

they want him to go to a good team but not a great one lmao its nothing but bias and hypocrisy if he goes to another version of the 2018 Lakers they’ll say he doesn’t care about winning anymore but if he joins a team that could* be really good it’s ring chasing if they don’t look like an unstoppable force they’ll call them trash like Charles did with the Lakers, but if they win they’ll go back to being a superteam there’s no winning for LeBron in their eyes outside of an incredibly specific scenario that they decide is worthy of praise

He went to the Sixers who already had 3 all stars. It was the most ring chasing move he could've made. - Avoids the more competitive west - Teams up with 1 of 2 MVPs in the east - Teams up with the 2024 FMVP

“Please, LeBron, may I have a crumb of your penis!” - @WindhorstESPN

Sixers haven’t won a championship in 43 years. LeBron haters: “he’s ring chasing” 💀

Kevin Love was an All-NBA player for the T-Wolves. I don't know what Windhorst is talking about. Kyrie Irving was the #1 pick in the draft and a budding star. LeBron coaxed Anthony Davis to join him and they brought over solid role players and won in a bubble. Stacked teams.

How about he does what Curry does and stays in 1 place instead of jumping around chasing rings

Windy just made the point though. Lebron went to LA the team wasn’t stacked and he himself couldn’t bring that roster to even the playoffs.

This the first time I can say I agree with Windhorst

Kevin love what is your response to LeBron’s mouthpiece Windhorst saying your Cavaliers team wasn’t stacked?

The obvious is he could stay with his teams instead of picking the best team in free agency every time. This is as basic as it gets as an analyst and he turned it in to who to pick from once you continue the ring chase. Yes, Once you decide to ring chase you choose good teams.

Windhorst asks the right questions! At 41, LeBron should be on a contender. Barkley's old-school take misses the point—this is about maximizing greatness, not "cheating" .

If Bron went to a solid team like Detroit, Atlanta, or Orlando, no one would really trip. He'd definitely help make them title contenders. Him going to Philly is taking the easy way out. What's so hard to comprehend about this? 🤦🏾‍♂️

Every solid team is stacked when u add bron to it. They want an old man with sciatica to join the nets and win it all

They said he went to LA to become a Hollywood movie star & he didn’t care about basketball 😭😭😭 It’s lose-lose go to non contender? - that’s the only offer he had just retire To a contender? - ring chaser Retire? - running from the grind Die? - he wanna be like Kobe so bad

It’s simple. No one would have cared in a negative way had he taken the same pay to stay with the lakers… it’s just cleaner for his career. Hopping to a team like Philly is weird and throw in the fact they are in paper loaded before him, it’s cheesy.

It’s not that LeBron’s a ring chaser, it’s that he and Klutch spent his career tryjng to curate a path of least resistance. Could’ve been forged by battles vs the old Cs, a rivalry with Wade’s Heat in the east before the West’s best But the path needeth be smoothly paved

Well he could’ve went to Detroit who only have 1 star or Boston. I’m just saying it was other options out there besides the G league. Detroit and Boston are pretty good teams just aren’t stacked. I just don’t understand how these guys can sit up there and legit say Lebrons teams aren’t stacked and give scenarios with no context.

Pretty easy, quit referring to yourself as the GOAT when you've had to build super teams for every ring you have.....10 years more than MJ and you still haven't caught him. Not hard to follow.

Why do we demonize NBA players for going to win a ring but we don't do it for any other sport? Shohei to the dodgers 🤐 Manning to the Broncos 🤐 Gretzky to the Rangers 🤐 Rodger Clemens Yankees,Red Sox🤐 Reggie White to the Packers 🤐 Only LeBron makes people butthurt 🗣️

Is Windhorst so desperate to be liked by LeBron that he can’t hear himself? He just listed multiple teams with great players saying they aren’t stacked, knowing full well he went to the #1 team that LeBron considers the most stacked now. Just call it what it is😂

That’s what I don’t understand about NBA fans, do people really want our greats to just stick with bad teams just because? Or do you want them to actually compete for championships?

I hate this fat idiot windhorst. Cleveland has Mitchell and an old ass harden as the stars… wouldn’t be stacked. Miami has Giannis and Bam with no bench… wouldn’t be stacked. Jokic and Murray wouldn’t be stacked because Jamal Murray is not a superstar. The Sixers are stacked.

It’s to the point now, I can’t stomach listening to this tired ass shit. They’re stuck in the past. It’s 2926. Teams don’t own players like they did in the past.

Whats there not to understand. A crusty old man who is frustrated because reminded everyday that he has no ring, all he can do is grin and bear, whilst directing hate elsewhere. Lebron or anyone else for that matter does not need his validation.

Man doesn’t get it because he has never competed at anything. Look how Giannis and Ant felt or even Wemby. We don’t want to team up we want to beat you .

So basically LeBron James didn't see the Lakers as a winning situation

Barkley point holds more water if he prefaces with saying LeBron runs his current team into the ground THEN bolts for the best situation. Leaving destruction in his wake (that he helped create with demands on roster) is critical to the point