Sir Charles’ recent verbal bashing of Miami Heat star, Dwyane Wade, has earned the ire of his teammate Lebron James who says that Barkley needs to shut up and stop criticizing Wade. The Hall of Fame forward has been very critical of Wade’s play this season, but he has not gone over the top with his analysis…yet.

Sir Charles was known as a pretty brash trash-talker back in his career and his mouth has gotten him in some feuds with other NBA players when he decided to enter the world of sports analysis. Barkley has been constantly pointing out the lack of explosiveness in Wade’s game ever since the former Finals MVP had to undergo knee surgery during the off-season.

Barkley also believes that Wade’s skills are slowly diminishing and that he now has to adjust his game because his athleticism just isn’t what it used to be anymore. Lebron on the other hand thinks that Sir Charles’ recent comments about his good friend and teammate may have only served as motivation for Wade to play even harder and that his (Barkley) comments didn’t even budge the needle.

Wade is currently averaging 20.6 ppg for the season with a 50.6 field goal percentage rate.