Matt Barnes

Matt Barnes has been controversial his entire NBA career. The classic guy that you loved to play with but hated to play against. Barnes played for nine different teams in 14 NBA seasons. Because of his inability to catch on with an NBA roster thus far this season, Barnes announced his retirement from the NBA [...]

Do not fear Kevin Durant’s absence, Golden State Warriors fans. Matt Barnes is here to save the day. According to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes and Marc Stein, the Warriors plan to sign the 36-year-old Barnes, who was released by the Sacramento Kings following the DeMarcus Cousins trade, as a way of beginning to replace everything they [...]

If this Lakers’ season were a new movie, what would you call it? “Escape Plan?” Oh, wait D-12 already did that. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2?” Or maybe “Prisoners,” to describe the Lakers fans and perhaps Bryant, himself. As the Lakers prepare to start the 2013-2014 season without veteran 5-time NBA champion and [...]

Chris Paul is excited to return to the Los Angeles Clippers. Don’t underestimate the power of excitement. It’s always better than hearing “Oh crap, I’m still playing here?” According to Arash Markazi of ESPN Los Angeles, Paul harbors no such resentment or regret about remaining in Los Angeles: “I’m excited,” Paul told ESPNLosAngeles.com. “I’m excited [...]

Maybe Chris Paul isn’t such a flight risk after all. Following the Los Angeles Clippers’ first-round exit at the hands of the Memphis Grizzlies, I was of the mind that Paul would consider spurning Hollywood for a different locale. And I still am. Fellow Clipper Matt Barnes, however, is not. Speaking with ESPNLA 710, Barnes [...]

If it’s not broke, the Los Angeles Clippers shouldn’t try to fix it. But should they try to make it even better? Currently, the Chris Paul-led Clippers have the second-best record in the NBA, trailing only the seemingly unbeatable Oklahoma City Thunder. But while such success would normally dictate that a team not do a [...]

July 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Just when it looked like the sun was setting on the fantastic careers of aging MVP’s Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash, an odd twist of fate has paired them together on the Lakers in a quest for Bryant’s 6th ring and Nash’s 1st. Now that the Los Angeles [...]

May 23, 2012 – R.S. De France A second consecutive Western Conference semi-finals drubbing has many wondering if this is the end of the line for these Los Angeles Lakers. Are the Lakers done? Kobe? What can the Lakers do going forward? In his post-game interview, Kobe Bryant said about his team: “we’re not going [...]

May 15, 2012 – Dan Favale Barring a myriad of injuries to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Los Angeles Lakers aren’t making it past the second round of the NBA Playoffs. After the Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets in a hard-fought, brutally-played seven game matchup, the prospect of heading to Oklahoma City for a shot [...]

May 9, 2012 – R.S. De France ‘Too little, too late’ does not even begin to describe the Los Angeles Lakers’ Game 5 effort against the Denver Nuggets. How about just too little. Not in size, the Lakers do have the height advantage, but in effort. Other than maybe Kobe Bryant, Jordan Hill, Steve Blake, [...]