TNT analyst and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley still isn’t ready to give LeBron James the credit he deserves.

Last year, Barkley said that James would never be a top-5 NBA great, and there’s nothing he could do to change that. On Tuesday during an interview with Mike & Mike, he stood by that sentiment but added that LeBron isn’t even on Kobe Bryant’s level. According to Barkley, LeBron would need to beat the Warriors (again) in the NBA Finals just for him to consider James in the same tier as Kobe.

Barkley said:

“If LeBron is able to beat the Golden State Warriors, I might move him up to Kobe Bryant’s status. Michael (Jordan)’s got six championships — that’s a whole other planet. LeBron has three championships. He’s one of the 10 greatest players ever. If they’re able to beat the Golden State Warriors, that would be incredible. And I’d put him on the same level as Kobe Bryant at that point … I don’t understand why people just move him right past Kobe Bryant. Bryant won five championships. He’s done some things we’ve never seen before.”

“I might move him up.”

The obvious problem with that logic if you’re on LeBron’s side of the debate is that it’s entirely based on number of championships — a team accolade — and not, well, every single individual measure that LeBron has proved better than Kobe in. Bryant was great, but LeBron had surpassed Bryant a long time ago. He’s won four MVPs to Kobe’s one. And it’s entirely possible that James will match Kobe’s championship total.

We already know that Barkley isn’t moving James into his top 5, but putting Kobe ahead of LeBron based on titles is a flawed stance to take.