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Lakerfan 4 Life Franchise Player
Joined: 16 Apr 2001 Posts: 16070
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:24 pm Post subject: Matt Barnes Saying Goodbye To California |
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Quote: | Don't really know where to start.. Although I'm from Nor Cal LA has raised me, from coming here at 17 to attend UCLA on to pros....
It was a dream come true the first time I put that LAKER uniform on & step on the purple & gold court.. But wat might hv been just as amazing as playing for the Lakers was being a small part of helping a historically bad franchise become one of the best franchises & teams in the league!
I took ALOTA pride in that because I felt when I came in the league I was the "clippers" so to speak..
Doubted passed over & not really spoken about.. Now hate me 👀or love me ima household name & the clips are a force to be dealt with! I came here a boy & I'm leaving as a man! You've seen the Good times & the Bad, never claimed or tried to be perfect but wat i did try to do is ALWAYS STAY REAL & TRUE TO MYSELF!!
The one thing you can't deny is every time I stepped on the court I left absolutely EVERYTHING out there! I think I know better than anyone "This is a business" so you can NEVER get your heart involved, but I can't lie, this (bleep) hurts for a lot of different reasons..
As my run in LA has come to an end I wanna thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for the LOVE, SUPPORT & $h!t even the hate, all of that has made me THE MAN I AM 2day!! To Live in Die in LA it's the place to be 🎶🎶 hahaa YALL take care & #THANKYOULA |
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AllorNothing Franchise Player
Joined: 08 Oct 2001 Posts: 18448
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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Bye matt. You will always be known as a postseason choker and fake tough guy. Lol |
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Jim99187 Franchise Player
Joined: 03 Jan 2014 Posts: 22138
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Lakers were his dream team and yet he was bashing them last yr in an interview.
stay classy (bleep) Barnes |
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audioaxes Franchise Player
Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 12573
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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good riddance |
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SuperboyReformed Star Player
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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I think some of these comments are unwarranted. Barnes is a good guy and good player, and works pretty hard, and was a good Laker. I'm not understanding the hate. |
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danzag Franchise Player
Joined: 28 Apr 2013 Posts: 22244 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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Buh bye |
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Dr. Laker Franchise Player
Joined: 12 Apr 2002 Posts: 17065
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Good guy.
Had he played for Phil Jackson or Greg Popavich, he'd be regarded as a great role player on a championship team. _________________ On Lakersground, a concern troll is someone who is a fan of another team, but pretends to be a Lakers fan with "concerns". |
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kwase Star Player
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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AllorNothing wrote: | Bye matt. You will always be known as a postseason choker and fake tough guy. Lol |
I always look at wannabe tough guys like him and Allen Iverson and wish I could trade places with them. They can come live in the hood like I do, where they can be around all their peers...sit around all day and do nothing but look stupid and act a fool. Meanwhile I'll be in a Hugo Boss suit, speaking proper english and respecting the game....oh yeah, and dating some of the most beautiful women the world has to offer.
Those dumbells have it made and they act like complete clowns! |
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dubaholic1 Star Player
Joined: 23 Dec 2004 Posts: 3016 Location: Quality over Quantity
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Wow that was just one cliche after another. Awful. Good riddance. |
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yinoma2001 Retired Number
Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Now that he's off the clippers I can wear my "Matt Barnes will kill you" t shirt again. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals |
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999 Franchise Player
Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 20265
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Dr. Laker wrote: | Good guy.
Had he played for Phil Jackson or Greg Popavich, he'd be regarded as a great role player on a championship team. |
He can thank jim the 'idiot' buss for ruining that chance.
Just imagine 2013 lakers with Phil Jackson instead of the 2 mikes |
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TDRock Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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Oh where is he going?
... To the Grizz, eh? Interesting.
I mostly liked Matt when he was with us. He mostly calmed down the fake tough guy thing. I think he'll have to do that again in Memphis, I don't think the pseudo-gangsta thing will fly with the culture of that team. Could be a good change for him (I mean...anything is better than the culture/attitude of the Clippers so...) |
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K2 Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Dr. Laker wrote: | Good guy.
Had he played for Phil Jackson or Greg Popavich, he'd be regarded as a great role player on a championship team. |
If only the 2011 Lakers with Barnes were able to get to the Finals to make it 4 consecutive trips... sigh. |
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THE_TWELFTH Starting Rotation
Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 733 Location: Los Angeles, CA.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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kwase wrote: | AllorNothing wrote: | Bye matt. You will always be known as a postseason choker and fake tough guy. Lol |
I always look at wannabe tough guys like him and Allen Iverson and wish I could trade places with them. They can come live in the hood like I do, where they can be around all their peers...sit around all day and do nothing but look stupid and act a fool. Meanwhile I'll be in a Hugo Boss suit, speaking proper english and respecting the game....oh yeah, and dating some of the most beautiful women the world has to offer.
Those dumbells have it made and they act like complete clowns! |
Sorry... You lost me right there. Pound for pound, one of, if not THE toughest player to ever play the game. _________________ Blood, sweat, tears,
We dripped all three just to get here.
No longer will I wake up and my dreams just vanished.
It’s staring right at me, I must take advantage.
Juelz Santana - "The Second Coming" |
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Don Draper Retired Number
Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 28422 Location: LA --> Bay Area
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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audioaxes wrote: | good riddance |
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Vic5150 Star Player
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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AllorNothing wrote: | Bye matt. You will always be known as a postseason choker and fake tough guy. Lol |
Drop the mic! |
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Andre2K Franchise Player
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 12199
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:28 am Post subject: |
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Don Draper wrote: | audioaxes wrote: | good riddance |
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_________________ My Dream Starting 5 next Season
Pg Lonzo
Sg Kawhi
Sf Ingram
Pf Lebron
C Dedmon
Bench: Caruso, Hart, Bullock, Kuzma, McGee etc |
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kwase Star Player
Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 3069
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:55 am Post subject: |
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THE_TWELFTH wrote: | kwase wrote: | AllorNothing wrote: | Bye matt. You will always be known as a postseason choker and fake tough guy. Lol |
I always look at wannabe tough guys like him and Allen Iverson and wish I could trade places with them. They can come live in the hood like I do, where they can be around all their peers...sit around all day and do nothing but look stupid and act a fool. Meanwhile I'll be in a Hugo Boss suit, speaking proper english and respecting the game....oh yeah, and dating some of the most beautiful women the world has to offer.
Those dumbells have it made and they act like complete clowns! |
Sorry... You lost me right there. Pound for pound, one of, if not THE toughest player to ever play the game. |
Ok, that's cool is that's how you feel. To me he was a selfish ball-hog that jacked up alot of shots, ran down the shot-clock with his over-dribbling and only cared about stats. Combine that with the tacky attire, lack of professionalism and his inabilty to humble himself and you can have him. That's just not the type of player I'd want on my team. But hey, to each his own. |
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tlim Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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You guys are crazy. I love the Lakers but damn, even I would have trashed the Lakers org, hearing all the crazy stories (and probably only about 5% of all the crazy stories inside that place).
D'Antoni being backed by management was a total cluster****. Alienated Gasol for sure, as well as others. Management was backing that douche against anybody and everybody. Players be damn.
I'd rather have him, who works his rear off night in and night out than the some of the scrubs that people rooted for this last year. |
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sickside323 Star Player
Joined: 04 Dec 2008 Posts: 1454 Location: East Los Angeles, CA
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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kwase wrote: | AllorNothing wrote: | Bye matt. You will always be known as a postseason choker and fake tough guy. Lol |
I always look at wannabe tough guys like him and Allen Iverson and wish I could trade places with them. They can come live in the hood like I do, where they can be around all their peers...sit around all day and do nothing but look stupid and act a fool. Meanwhile I'll be in a Hugo Boss suit, speaking proper english and respecting the game....oh yeah, and dating some of the most beautiful women the world has to offer.
Those dumbells have it made and they act like complete clowns! |
I'm assuming you've never heard Matt Barnes in an interview. he's actually very articulate and soft spoken. completely different from when he's on a basketball court. |
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Lakerfan 4 Life Franchise Player
Joined: 16 Apr 2001 Posts: 16070
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:49 am Post subject: |
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Some of you guys hating on Matt for no reason. |
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LakerGang5 Rookie
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 11:00 am Post subject: |
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I loved when Matt played for the Lakers. Good luck. |
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Raijin Star Player
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 7:40 am Post subject: |
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You could never question this guy's effort _________________ "It was tough," Kobe Bryant said. "But when it got really tough for me, I just checked myself in." |
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venturalakersfan Retired Number
Joined: 14 Apr 2001 Posts: 144432 Location: The Gold Coast
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:28 am Post subject: |
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tlim wrote: | You guys are crazy. I love the Lakers but damn, even I would have trashed the Lakers org, hearing all the crazy stories (and probably only about 5% of all the crazy stories inside that place).
D'Antoni being backed by management was a total cluster****. Alienated Gasol for sure, as well as others. Management was backing that douche against anybody and everybody. Players be damn.
I'd rather have him, who works his rear off night in and night out than the some of the scrubs that people rooted for this last year. |
Eh, a scrub is a scrub. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023. |
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venturalakersfan Retired Number
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:29 am Post subject: |
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Dr. Laker wrote: | Good guy.
Had he played for Phil Jackson or Greg Popavich, he'd be regarded as a great role player on a championship team. |
Only he did play for Phil Jackson and wasn't known as a great role player on a championship team. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023. |
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