Charles Barkley isn’t sold on the Los Angeles Lakers defending their championship. “I’m watching all these idiots … on television, ‘Oh, the Lakers are the team to beat.’ I’m like, ‘I don’t think that’s true,’” Barkley said during the “NBA on TNT” broadcast Sunday night. “This notion that they can just show up and they’re going to win — nobody’s afraid of them. pic.twitter.com/JVjEXxy4HO — NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 24, 2021Fellow ‘TNT’ analyst Shaquille O’Neal, who has played for the Lakers and the Suns, agreed Phoenix isn’t intimidated. But if Anthony Davis is not … the second-best player on the court for the Lakers, they’re not going to win,” Barkley said.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 24, 2021 20:41 UTC