Charles Barkley slams Lakers’ ‘terrible’ handling of Bronny James

There have been many critics about the Lakers organization’s handling of Bronny James.

Now you can add one more.

Charles Barkley called it “terrible” when discussing how the organization has handled the development of star LeBron James’ eldest son.

The Lakers have opted to have Bronny play home games for the team’s NBA G-League affiliate, South Bay, and then call him up back to the NBA when the development team hits the road.

The kid isn’t ready to play in the NBA. He should be in the G-League so he can play basketball,” Barkley said during an appearance on “The Bettor Angle” this weekend.

‘And also this thing where he’s only going to play home games. It’s stupid, it’s not fair to him. It’s not fair to the team. Can you imagine the coach of that team? You’re coming off a road trip and you have a player you haven’t seen in a week or two. And then you probably feel like you have to play it,” he continued. “I don’t think they’re doing Bronny any favors. They just handled this case very poorly. Things are looking bad for the Lakers. I really love everything LeBron has done. But in my opinion it (also) looks bad for him.”

Bronny played in six games for the Lakers this season, averaging 0.7 points per game in 2.3 minutes per game.

Along with South Bay, Bronny averaged 5.0 points and 3.0 assists in 28.5 minutes in two games for the G League club.

The Lakers have faced many questions about the potential nepotism involved in the decision to draft Bronny after just one season at USC and concerns about his willingness to turn pro.

Those questions have only grown since the Lakers’ plan for Bronny became public.