Despite the addition of Luka Doncic, TNT's Charles Barkley doesn't sound all that impressed with the Lakers and their chances to make a championship run.

Charles Barkley is still not sold on the new-look Los Angeles Lakers. During Thursday night's edition of TNT's Inside the NBA, Barkley dropped his latest take on LeBron James and the Lakers' chances in the Western Conference a few weeks after they acquired perennial superstar Luka Doncic.

You do have an obligation to the game,” Barkley said on the latest episode of The Steam Room podcast with co-host Ernie Johnson. “People always talk about leave the place than you came in. I don’t know if you all understand that.

The Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks are less than a month removed from the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade, and it’s still one of the most talked about events in the NBA. This deal was one of the biggest in league history when looking at the star power involved,

Charles Barkley has been criticized recently for being very harsh on the Los Angeles Lakers. But if things had gone differently, he'd be remembered today as a franchise legend. In a recent Steam Room episode with Ernie Johnson,

And I'm like, 'Damn, thank you. It's about time. I can't wait," he stared the story. Barkley had high hopes when the 76ers drafted him fourth overall in the iconic 1984 NBA Draft. However, after Philly traded the No.