Speaking to co-host Ernie Johnson on a recent episode of The Steam Room podcast, Barkley was asked by a listener to name a trade that nearly happened from back in his playing days. The transaction he brainstormed involved the Philadelphia 76ers trying to send him to Los Angeles.

I got traded to the Lakers—true story. I get a call one morning from my agent: ‘Hey, the Sixers finally pulled the trigger—you got traded to the Lakers.’ And I’m like,