Matt Barnes
Matt Barnes was born in Santa Clara, California, United States on March 9th, 1980 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 44, Matt Barnes biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Matt Kelly Barnes (born March 9, 1980) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Barnes was drafted in the second round of the 2002 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies.
He won an NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors in his last season with the league in 2017.
Early life
Barnes was born in Santa Clara, California, to a white mother and an African American father. 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.
Barnes played four seasons of college basketball at UCLA, where he was an All-Pacific-10 Honorable Mention selection in 2001.
Personal life
Barnes' younger brother Jason played football in the Canadian Football League.
Barnes was married to Gloria Govan, who appeared in VH1's Basketball Wives and Basketball Wives: LA, and the couple have identical twin boys. Barnes was arrested in 2010 on suspicion of domestic violence against Govan, and for driving with a suspended license and threatening a police officer in July 2012. They separated in 2014.
Professional career
Barnes was drafted in the 2002 NBA draft as the 46th overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies and was traded immediately with Nick Anderson to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Wesley Person. He was drafted by the Cavaliers for the NBA D-League, and he joined the Fayetteville Patriots in 2002-03 season.
Barnes joined the Long Beach Jam of the ABA for their inaugural season in 2003, where he competed with Dennis Rodman. The team went 24-7 and captured the ABA Championship. Barnes had 18.9 points and 6.8 rebounds in a row.
Barnes has been a member of the Los Angeles Clippers in the second half of the 2003–04 NBA season.
He signed with the Sacramento Kings in October 2004. He made his Kings debut with 17 points and 9 rebounds, establishing himself as a key rotation player for Sacramento. In exchange for Kenny Thomas, Corliss Williamson, and Brian Skinner, he was traded halfway through the 2004–05 season with Chris Webber to the Philadelphia 76ers. He did not fit for Philadelphia this season because of a knee tendinitis, but was given an injury waiver.
In October 2005, Barnes signed a free agent deal with the New York Knicks. Despite trying to find a starting position with a strong preseason and Allan Houston's retirement, the Knicks cut him after playing just six games.
Barnes was drafted by the 76ers to spend his second stint in Philadelphia, where he appeared in 2005-06 season.
Barnes signed with the Golden State Warriors prior to their first day of training camp in October 2006, effectively raising his status in the league since joining the team. Barnes was given more playing time by coach Don Nelson, with struggling forward Mike Dunleavy, Jr. suspended. He set a new Warriors franchise record on December 26, 2006, when he scored seven three-point field goals. Jason Richardson, who made 8 three-pointers on March 29, 2007, was disallowed later this season. Barnes, a high-school All-American wide receiver, claims that if he hadn't been signed by the Warriors, he may have tried to leave the league.
Barnes had only made ten three-pointers in his career before committing to Golden State. He made 106 appearances in the 2006–07 season. Matt's offense improved dramatically after joining Golden State, going from 3 points a game in Philadelphia to 9.8, which was in 76 games. He also had a stellar 2007 post-season, with 11.1 ppg and 5.7 rpg in eleven playoff games, assisting the #8 seed Warriors in their first playoff appearance over the top seed Mavericks in the 2007 playoffs.
Barnes was back to the Warriors on August 6, 2007 under a one-year deal.
Barnes, as well as teammates Stephen Jackson and Baron Davis, served as a Warriors team captain from 2007–08. He was not expected to return for the 2008–09 season.
Barnes agreed to a one-year deal with the Phoenix Suns on July 22, 2008. Barnes was banned for his part in the brawl against Houston's Rafer Alston two days earlier on November 14, 2008.
Barnes and the Orlando Magic have been together since July 23, 2009. Although Barnes was able to opt out of his contract early in the first year, he said he would like to remain in Orlando. Barnes said he would opt out of the final year of his deal after the Magic were cut out of the 2010 NBA Playoffs by the Boston Celtics.
Barnes signed with the Los Angeles Lakers on July 23, 2010.
In September 2012, Barnes was signed with the Los Angeles Clippers. After pleaded guilty of refusing, delaying, or obstructing a police officer, the NBA suspended Barnes for one game. Barnes was named Defensive Player of the Year for the Clippers in June 2013. Barnes re-signed with the Clippers on July 10, 2013, extending his contract to a multi-year contract. Barnes was fined $25,000 for failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his suspension in a match against the Oklahoma City Thunder and for posting his Twitter account during the game in breach of the NBA's rules.
Barnes was fined multiple times throughout the 2014–15 season. During a game against the Washington Wizards on December 13, he was fined $25,000 for kicking a water bottle and using terms. He was fined $25,000 for what was deemed inappropriate language directed at a fan during a game against the Phoenix Suns on January 25, 2015, but Barnes said the Suns' owner was the Suns. He was fined $50,000 for making a remark made to James Harden's mother during a playoff match against the Houston Rockets on May 8.
Barnes and Spencer Hawes were traded to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for shooting guard Lance Stephenson on June 15, 2015.
Barnes was traded again on June 25, this time to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Luke Ridnour. Barnes was reunited with the team that had originally drafted him in 2002. Barnes was suspended by the NBA for two games following a physical altercation with New York Knicks coach Derek Fisher at the home of Barnes' estranged wife in Southern California on December 28, 2015. Barnes' two-game suspension without compensation was rescinded on January 13, 2016, according to the NBA Players Association, who filed a lawsuit on behalf of him on January 13, 2016. He was fined $35,000 by the NBA for publicly opposing his abuse against Fisher in the October scuffle. In the Grizzlies' 128-119 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on February 24, he scored a season-high 25 points. In a 121–114 overtime victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on March 11, he made his first career triple-double with 26 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists.
Barnes signed with his hometown Sacramento Kings on July 9, 2016. He was waived by the Kings on February 20, 2017 to make room for the three Kings' new DeMarcus Cousins trade players.
Barnes, who was suspended from the Kings for a few days, put an end to his NBA career by signing with the Golden State Warriors on March 2, 2017. Kevin Durant, the Warriors' starting forward, was forced to miss due to a MCL injury, leaving the team in need of a replacement forward. Barnes appeared in 5 games out of his 20 games with the Warriors in the regular season. After defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 4–1 in the NBA Finals, the Warriors earned their first championship ring in 2017, giving Barnes his first championship ring after 14 seasons in NBA and 16 years in professional basketball. The Warriors posted their best postseason winning percentage in NBA history in 16–1.
Barnes resigned from the NBA on December 11, 2017 in a message on Instagram.