I’m sure you’ve heard of Matt Barnes. He’s a marginal role player in the NBA and yet has found his way onto teams that happen to have issues at the small forward position. He’s a guy that has a bit of fire in his veins and hustles quite a bit all over the court.
He’s a sub-par offensive player and an above average defensive player. He’s an agitator on the court and in there to stir things up a bit. He’s basically the Bam Margera of the NBA. There’s not a lot of discernible talent and it’s hard to figure out how he keeps getting on TV. And yet there he is, breaking stuff for no reason and messing with his fat uncle that has the crazy eyes that don’t point in the same direction.
Well, he just opted out of his contract after the Magic were eliminated from the playoffs by the hands of the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. Perhaps, you remember the Magic’s run in the playoffs this year. It was the same set of post-season games in which J.J. Redick completely outplayed his teammate and damn near made him obsolete. Perhaps you’re asking yourself why a struggling basketball player would try to get himself a pay raise after a bad run of basketball. Isn’t that the anti-Croshere move?
Maybe this will shed some light on the subject for you:
When you have the mentality that allows you to reason this would be an acceptable Tweet in any walk of life, LET ALONE IN THE WAKE OF YOUR LAST HOPE FOR A LONG-TERM CONTRACT IN THE NBA, you probably aren’t capable of making wise decisions regarding your future.
But this is Matt Barnes in all of his splendor and glory. He “keeps it real” or as I like to put it “keeps it really easy for the Orlando Magic and all other 29 teams to negotiate with his agent next month.”
B EZ, Matt.
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