Who is Matt Kelly Barnes ? The basketball world knows Matt Barnes as an American professional
basketball player who currently plays for the
Los Angeles Clippers of the
National Basketball Association (NBA).
High school years
Barnes was born March 9, 1980, he attended
Del Campo High School in
Fair Oaks, California, where he was a
letterman in
football and basketball. He earned All-American, All-State, All-
CIF, All-City, and All-League honors in each sport.
[1]
College and professional career
After a college career at
UCLA, Barnes was a second-round draft choice of the
Memphis Grizzlies in the
2002 NBA Draft. He was then traded that summer along with
Nick Anderson to the
Cleveland Cavaliers for
Wesley Person, but was cut that October. He made his NBA debut with the
Los Angeles Clippers in 2004, and signed with the
Sacramento Kings later that year.
He was traded by the Kings halfway through the
2004–05 season along with
Chris Webber to the 76ers, in exchange for
Kenny Thomas,
Corliss Williamson and
Brian Skinner,
though he never suited up for a game with them due to knee tendinitis.
He was waived and then signed a free agent contract with the New York
Knicks in the 2005 NBA offseason. He was waived by the Knicks during the
2005–06 season after playing six games. He was then claimed by the 76ers to serve a second stint in Philadelphia,
[2] where he finished out the season.
Barnes signed with the Golden State Warriors before their first day of training camp in October 2006,
[3] and has effectively raised his status in the league since joining the team. With struggling forward
Mike Dunleavy, Jr. placed on the bench, Barnes was given more playing time by coach
Don Nelson. On December 26, 2006, he hit 7
three-point field goals to tie a Warriors franchise record.
[4] The record was broken later that season by
Jason Richardson, who hit 8 three-pointers on March 29, 2007.
[5] Barnes, a high-school
All-American wide receiver, says that if he had not been signed by the Warriors he would have tried out for the
NFL.
[6]
Before signing with Golden State, Barnes had only made 10 three-pointers in his career. In the
2006–07 season,
he made 106. After joining Golden State, Matt's offense improved
impressively, from 3 points a game in Philadelphia to 9.8, appearing in
76 games. He also added a strong 2007 post-season, with 11.1 ppg and 5.7
rpg in eleven playoff games and helped the #8 seed Warriors take down
the #1 seed Mavericks in the 2007 playoffs.
On August 6, 2007, Barnes returned to the Warriors under a one-year contract.
[7]
Barnes, along with teammates
Stephen Jackson and
Baron Davis, served as a Warriors team captain for the
2007–08 season.
[8] He was not expected to return for the
2008–09 season.
[9]
On July 22, 2008, Barnes signed a one-year contract with the
Phoenix Suns.
[10]
On November 14, 2008, Barnes was suspended for two games without pay for his role in a fight after a non-call foul on
Rafer Alston.
[11]
On July 23, 2009, Barnes signed a two-year deal with the
Orlando Magic. Although he was able to opt out of his deal after the first year, Barnes stated that he would like to remain in Orlando.
[12]
After the Magic were eliminated in the 2010 NBA Playoffs by the
Boston Celtics, Barnes announced he would opt out of the final year of his contract.
[13]
On July 23, 2010, he signed with the Lakers.
[14] He signed with the Los Angeles Clippers in September 2012.
[15] On October 31, 2012, the NBA suspended Barnes for one game.
[16] In June 2013, Barnes was named Defensive Player of the Year for the Clippers.
[17]
Career transactions
- June 26, 2002: Drafted 46th overall by Memphis Grizzlies in 2002 NBA Draft.
- June 26, 2002: Traded by Memphis along with Nick Anderson to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Wesley Person.[18]
- October 18, 2002: Waived by Cleveland Cavaliers.
- October 31, 2002: Drafted 106th overall by Fayetteville Patriots in 2002 D-League Draft.[19]
- September 27, 2003: Signed as a free agent by Seattle SuperSonics.[20]
- October 13, 2003: Waived by Seattle SuperSonics.
- January 18, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles Clippers.[21]
- October 1, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Sacramento Kings.
- February 23, 2005: Traded by Sacramento Kings along with Chris Webber and Michael Bradley to the Philadelphia 76ers for Corliss Williamson, Kenny Thomas and Brian Skinner.[22]
- October 6, 2005: Signed as a free agent by New York Knicks.
- December 3, 2005: Waived by New York Knicks.[23]
- December 9, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia 76ers.[24]
- October 2, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Golden State Warriors.
- July 22, 2008: Signed as a free agent by Phoenix Suns.[25]
- July 23, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Orlando Magic.[26]
- July 23, 2010: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.
- September 14, 2012: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers
- June 10, 2013: Resigned with the Los Angeles Clippers
NBA career statistics
Regular season
Playoffs
Personal
Barnes' younger brother
Jason plays football for the
Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League.
Barnes has twins with wife
Basketball Wives and
Basketball Wives: LA.att Barnes of the Los Angeles
Gloria Govan, who appeared in VH1's
On November 13, 2013 Barnes was angry and frustrated after
his ejection, when he tried to break up a fight between Blake Griffin ans Ibaka. Barnes soon as he got to the locker room,
he took that anger and frustration straight to Twitter with an ugly
tweet in which he ripped his teammates with a racial slur.
Barnes quickly deleted the tweet, in which he wrote: “I love my
teammates like family, but I’m DONE standing up for these [n----as]! All
this [expletive] does is cost me money..” but the impact of his word caused controversy, not because of such a poor use of wording!
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