Los Angeles is 3–2 in games Doncic has played in since the trade, including back-to-back wins over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday and against his former employer, the Dallas Mav

The two LA superstars were dominant on Tuesday against the Pelicans and have erased any concerns that they wouldn't mesh well.

The Los Angeles Lakers are on a hot streak right now. After taking down the LA Clippers 108-102 on Sunday night, the purple and gold have now won six straight games and are making serious noise in the Western Conference playoff picture.

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.

On Friday morning, Stephen A. Smith defended the honor of the network, ripping Barkley in response to the criticism

Despite his insistence to the contrary, Charles Barkley firmed himself up in the minds of many as a Lakers hater on Thursday, a tag he'll now live with through the rest of the season. He's also been tagged as an ESPN-hater, which will be a tricky hoop to jump through next year when the popular "Inside the NBA " show moves from TNT over to ESPN.

Barkley blasted ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins by name, calling him “an idiot and a fool” over a comment he made on NBA Today Wednesday about the Lakers “saving the NBA” by trading for Luka Doncic.

In a series of tweets on Thursday, Nick Wright addressed Charles Barkley's criticisms of Lakers on Inside the NBA.

Inside the NBA” host Charles Barkley is one of, if not the most respected NBA analysts in the business. So, when Barkley takes issue with something