Charles Barkley laid into his future co-workers Thursday when he went off on ESPN's analysts for the way they've been covering the NBA this season.

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.

The Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks are less than a month removed from the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade, and it’s still one of the most talked about events in the NBA. This deal was one of the biggest in league history when looking at the star power involved,

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.

Charles Barkley has had enough of ESPN's talking heads discussing the Los Angeles Lakers. On the TNT pregame show that preceded an NBA double-header featuring the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers as well as the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks,

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.