Most of the summer's biggest free agents wasted no time signing with a team when the window opened on Sunday, but Kawhi Leonard is waiting until next Sunday to start meeting with teams. Naturally, many are weighing in on where he should continue his career.
On Monday, Charles Barkley stopped by ESPN's First Take to give his opinion on Leonard's next move.
"I'm sick of these guys stacking their teams," Barkley began. "I hate the super team.... There's supposed to be competition. But these guys want to all go together...I hate that. I'm never going to accept that."
Barkley's comments come after the Lakers emerged as one of the frontrunners to land Kawhi. If Leonard were to go to the Lakers, he'd become the third piece of their "Big Three"alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Barkley alluded to how Leonard carried the lion's share of the work during his championship runs with the Spurs and the Raptors.
"We ain't never going to be mad at Kawhi for what he did in San Antonio and especially what he did this year in Toronto," Barkley said. "It'd have a different effect for Kawhi because he did it twice. Especially this year, he basically did it by himself. But I hate this super team."
This not the first time Barkley has express disdain for super teams. On several occasions, he's called players out for stacking their rosters and even predicted that love for superteams will cause an NBA lockout.
