Barkley: James will leave Doncic s Lakers sooner or later

On August 24, former NBA star Buckley looked forward to the new season on a podcast program. He mentioned that the Lakers are already Doncic's team and James will have to leave sooner or later. In addition, Barkley also analyzed the situation in the east and west.

"James will have to leave the Lakers sooner or later, and there is nothing he can do. Although his data is not bad, the Lakers have not achieved good results in almost four years. And to be honest, the Lakers may be Doncic's team now," Barkley said. "You got Doncic's trade and even gave him such a big contract. How could it be that it's not his team?"

Barkley said that the Western Conference will definitely be very interesting next season. "It's obvious that the Thunder are the favorites to win the championship, and I always think so. Also, the offseason operation between the Rockets and the Nuggets may be the best, especially in terms of trading. You think, the Rockets' young team can still introduce Durant, which is definitely particularly interesting. The Nuggets finally found some help for Jokic - after they won the championship, they traded Jokic's teammates, as if they entered a spending reduction mode, and ended up cheating on Jokic in the past two years. So the Nuggets did a great job this offseason."

Speaking of the most competitive team in the West, Barkley said: "The Lakers are indeed worth paying attention to, but to talk about the top three hottest in the West, I will still choose the Thunder, the Rockets and the Nuggets. The Rockets' Duran Te's deal is too topical. And I'll say it again, Jokic is the best player in the league today, and the Nuggets finally found a helper for him. However, the Lakers are still very interesting, but now it is Doncic's team, and he will be under great pressure in the next few years. In addition, if the Mavericks can stay healthy, they may become the second best team in the West. Irving may be able to make a comeback in the middle of the season, if Thany Black can play healthy, and the young man named Flag - he is really good. I have watched a lot of his high school and college games, and this kid is definitely a piece of material. So as long as the Mavericks are healthy, they may be the second in the West."

Barkley then analyzed the situation in the East. "As for the Eastern Conference, I don't want to mention it - tell you, you write the names of five teams on paper and put them in the hat, and just draw one and say 'This team can run out of the Eastern Conference', it may be right... If I were asked to choose now, based on what I know, I might have ranked the Cavaliers as the number one hottest in the Eastern Conference. As for the second, it would be difficult to choose. Like I said, even if the Cavaliers stay healthy, if Embiid and George can play healthy, I would bet the 76ers to win, but the premise is healthy- —This is a big premise. Embiid has not been healthy for five years, and George is getting older. "

Talking about the magic that has big moves during the offseason, Barkley said: "The Magic is really interesting, but they are too young. I think the top two teams in the East will be the Cavaliers and the Knicks, and the Magic are about third or fourth, but I don't think they can win the championship, because I don't think they can beat the Cavaliers or the Knicks in a seven-game four-win series."

(Doctor)