Charles Barkley insults the Warriors while Klay Thompson awkwardly sits and listens

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Charles Barkley isn't afraid of an awkward confrontation.

The NBA Hall of Famer and Inside the NBA host made things a little weird during halftime of the Warriors' season opener Thursday at Chase Center. Barkley and the rest of the Inside crew were interviewing Klay Thompson, who is, of course, injured and unavailable for the game.

First, host Ernie Johnson asked Thompson whether he planned on returning this season, referring to reports from earlier this week that head coach Steve Kerr was skeptical that the shooting guard would play in the inaugural season at Chase Center.

"I feel great," Thompson said. "At this stage of the rehab, I started jogging, running, putting up a lot of jumpers — which are going in at a high rate, still, so that's a good sign."

Thompson later said he had no plans to rush back into action because he believed that the Warriors' championship window to be open for another few years.

So far, so milquetoast — until Barkley entered the fray.

Charles Barkley straight up tells Klay Thompson to his face that the Warriors championship window is "shut" and that the Warriors won't make the playoffs. pic.twitter.com/k6D6VAfFny — gifdsports (@gifdsports) October 25, 2019

"Number one, I hope you get back soon, but you're just wrong," Barkley said, as the camera panned to Thompson, who was awkwardly laughing at Barkley's response.

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"I was wrong before the game," Barkley went on. "I said (the Warriors) were gonna be the 7,8 seed. They're not going to make the playoffs. They just can't score enough."

As the hosts bantered back and forth, Thompson could be seen silently smirking, looking on as Barkley insisted the Warriors' depth wasn't good enough to carry the team to the playoffs.

Fans, predictably, had a good time on social media reacting to Thompson's pained countenance.

"Look at his face asgfasdfgdgdgdsgsdfgdfgsd," wrote one Twitter user.

Ultimately, Thompson was given a chance to respond, and took the opportunity to defend his young teammates.

"I mean, Chuck has a right to be a little pessimistic, but I think these young guys are gonna step up, man," Thompson said. "I did a shooting drill with Jordan Poole yesterday — he smoked me three out of five spots. Glenn Robinson has plenty of experience in this league. I really like what Marquese (Chriss) has given us this training camp. I think it's exciting, man — I think we got enough guys to get us there, at least."