LeBron James on Charles Barkley in 2017: "He's a hater... I'm not going to let him disrespect my legacy like that"

There's been a long beef between LeBron James and NBA legend turned ESPN analyst Charles Barkley.

In a recent interview with sportscaster Bob Costas, Barkley said that LeBron stacked his teams. He emphasized that LeBron hurt his legacy when he won championship with those super teams he had in the past.

LeBron James' former teammate Richard Jefferson didn't agree with Barkley and defend LeBron with his comments on Instagram.




"In all fairness Chuck is right. LeBron didn't get drafted to a team with Shaq like Kobe. Cavs never found the Pippen in Bron's first 8 years because he was too good they never drafted that high. Ps Charles got drafted to a team with Dr.J, Moses Malone and 2 other Hall of Famers. I see his point though"

Jefferson was emphasizing that super teams didn't start with LeBron.

James has yet to reply on Barkley's recent statements against him but in 2017 James' didn't hold himself back and blasted Barkley.



In 2016-2017 NBA season, when James was still with the Cleveland Cavaliers and they were the defending champion. James has said something that made Barkley trashed him.

Barkley was unhappy with James' comments about needing another playmaker on his Cleveland Cavaliers team. He questioned James' competitive spirit and said that James just wanted all the good players on his team and then win a championship.

In an interview, James responded to Charles Barkley's comments in an aggressive manner.

"He's a hater. What makes what he says credible? Because he's on TV? I'm not going to let him disrespect my legacy like that. I'm not the one who threw somebody through a window. I never spit on a kid. I never had unpaid debt in Las Vegas. I never said, 'I'm not a role model.' I never showed up to All-Star Weekend on Sunday because I was in Vegas all weekend partying. All I've done for my entire career is represent the NBA the right way. Fourteen years, never got in trouble. Respected the game. Print that."


James absolutely destroyed Barkley with his response in 2017. Let's see if James would respond and how he would respond on Barkley's recent comments about him.