Charles Barkley Roasted the Warriors After Seeing an Older Fan Waving a Towel at Season Opener vs. Suns

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The NBA is back. And so is the best studio show in all of sports—Inside the NBA on TNT.
The great Charles Barkley was in midseason form during Tuesday night’s season openers showcasing the Lakers-Nuggets and Suns-Warriors. He had a sweet moment with Denver's Nikola Jokic when he told the NBA Finals MVP in Serbian that he loved him.
Barkley also called the Warriors ‘cooked’ after just two quarters of the 2023-24 season. And he had a really funny line after an older fan was shown during highlights of Golden State’s loss to Phoenix.
This was some classic stuff from Barkley:
Charles Barkley:
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) October 25, 2023
"That lady is about the same age as the Warriors starters."
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Fans loved it:
Chuck couldn’t wait to drop this line😂 https://t.co/w8kayqEnoP
— 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝘼. 𝙆𝙞𝙙𝙙 (@CKidd206) October 25, 2023
NBA is back lmaoo https://t.co/mOljRAeiYY
— “José Luis Gotcha” (@lilbabychance_) October 25, 2023
Chuck has a point https://t.co/6wBWTyP8Tx
— Zach Pellowski (@BehindTheZach) October 25, 2023
Chuck back at it early https://t.co/RKSyyEWtye
— nestle_snipez (@yezzserski) October 25, 2023
Lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo https://t.co/upp4ag10bQ
— Siddharth Garg (@s1ddhxrth) October 25, 2023
Sir Charles le GOAT https://t.co/aQLZkTu55q
— 🇲🇨 🇷🇸 Youno El☀️Valle ⌚️🌵 (@Youno_im_Right) October 25, 2023

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