Charles Barkley joined the growing chorus of NBA folks criticizing the L.A. Lakers for their handling of rookie Bronny James. Barkley called the team’s decision to only play LeBron’s elder son in G League home games with the South Bay Lakers “awful” and “stupid.”

The Los Angeles Lakers took on the Denver Nuggets for the first time this season, and the results were eerily the same as when these two teams met up. Los Angeles jumped out to a lead at halftime and were feeling good about their chances to finally take down the Nuggets in the regular season.

Bronny James' professional basketball career has been as uneven as it comes thus far. The USC product is never in one place for too long; some nights, he's sporting the Lakers' big-league jersey. On others,