NBA Please Answer 2007

Chapter 56 Barnes

All the warriors sighed in unison: "Win the championship..."

"Don't say it, it's really possible." Li Zhi said, patting his head.

Baron Davis patted Li Zhi's head, frowned and said, "I don't have a fever, why are you only daydreaming today, and then dreaming about beating a black mamba..."

What Davis said made Nelson tense immediately, and said, "Li, are you really all right?"

"Hehehe..." Li Zhi smiled awkwardly, then patted Barnes on the shoulder next to him, and sighed.

"You will have a championship in the future... It's a pity that you won't be able to enter the White House."

Well, Li Zhi is really crazy!Everyone cried out in pain.

Of course, the others didn't know about Barnes' opportunity. Only Li Zhi looked at Matt Barnes with inexplicable eyes, and the latter felt trembling.

"This guy isn't gay, is he?" Matt Barnes shuddered, startled by his own thought.

In Li Zhi's previous life in 2017, Matt Barnes was called "the last villain in the NBA" by fans.

"Hey, brother, tell me your story!" Li Zhi suddenly wanted to hear what kind of unknown side the person known as "the last villain in the NBA" had.

All the warriors also looked sideways.

In the Warriors, and even in the entire league, players like Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes are rare.

"Do you really want to hear it?" Barnes didn't know why the tip of his nose was sore, and he glanced at Li Zhi.

Everyone nodded, Baron Davis patted Barnes on the shoulder lightly, and old coach Nelson sat beside him curiously.

Barron Davis has a little understanding of Barnes, while coach Nelson and other players only know Barnes' resume in the NBA.

At the same time, Nelson looked at Li Zhi with admiration, as if looking at a piece of jade in the rough.Li Zhi is indeed like a leader now, doing things that can glue the team together.

At the urging of the crowd, Barnes told his story.

……

Retired celebrities often complain on TV shows and social media that the players in front of them are "getting softer".

We have no way of knowing whether this is reality, or the older generation of players "throwing the past at the expense of the present", but Barnes has never had anything to do with such evaluations.On the contrary, swear words, conflicts, and fights have always been with him.

Like many NBA players, Barnes Jr. grew up in an uneven environment.For the young Barnes, life is cruel, and everything he owns has to be fought desperately in exchange for it.

His father is a well-known local drug dealer. When he was 7 years old, he witnessed his father beating off two plainclothes policemen. According to his own words, he lived a "breaking bad childhood".

A troubled childhood and a violent and irritable father, no one told him who he really was.Some thought he was black, while his black friends thought he was white, and others thought he was Mexican.

"So I fight every day, I'm not white enough, I'm not black enough, so people always make trouble for me. And my dad told me never to go home crying. I had no choice but to keep fighting," Matt Barnes said.

However, after various events, he was no longer confused. “That’s when I knew I was black,” recalls Barnes. “Although I identified as Italian, I was black because no one saw me as white. To this day, I’m discriminated against and treated differently.”

Matt Barnes' NBA career didn't start well. He was selected by the Grizzlies with the 2002th pick in the second round of 46 -- almost the last few players selected -- and then he played in the Cleveland Cavaliers and Seattle SuperSonics.

It was not until January 2004 that he signed with the Los Angeles Clippers and began to officially participate in the game.

In the 2005-06 season, he was traded from the Kings to the 76ers along with Chris Webber.At that time, the head coach of the 76ers was Maurice Cheeks.

There, he didn't get on well with the players.To this day, Barnes still has no qualms about cursing Cheeks: "I remember him, he's just an asshole."

"Whenever I was practicing shooting on the sidelines, he would say, 'Why are you practicing this? We don't need you to shoot.'" Barnes, in anger, stepped forward to beat the coach, but fortunately, Webber and his teammates stopped him every time.

"He's a jerk. I really hate him. Even today, if he talked to me like that, I'd punch him in the face."

Unsurprisingly, he could only leave.After Barnes became a free agent, he was signed and waived by the Knicks. With nowhere to settle, he seemed unable to see his future in the NBA.

However, in a streetball game in Oakland, he ushered in a turning point in his life.

Nelson Sr. was there, and he came over after the game and told Barnes to go to Warriors training camp.

Having said that, Barnes glanced at Nelson gratefully, and Nelson smiled and motioned for him to continue.

The rest of the story does not need to be dictated by Barnes, and everyone knows it.

Barnes won the favor of the Warriors and signed a three-year contract, which was his first contract with an annual salary of more than 3 million.

In the Warriors, he gradually began to show his talents. In the Warriors' home game against the 76ers, Matt Barnes made 8 of 7 three-pointers, setting a new record for the number of three-pointers made in a single game by the Warriors.

He recalled: "At that time, the coach knew about the grievances between me and the opposing coach Cheeks, so he told me, come on, he will give me enough time."

You know, before joining the Warriors, Barnes only made 10 three-pointers in his career.

With the Golden State Warriors led by Baron Davis Davis, Stephen Jackson and Monta Ellis, they began to create a storm in the league. That year, the "running and bombing team" relied on their efforts in the latter part of the regular season to catch the last train of the playoffs and successfully "black eight", eliminating the Dallas Mavericks who were runners-up last year and sitting on the season's MVP Dirk Nowitzki.

Speaking of the glory of the summer, everyone has memories on their faces, even El Harrington, who is silent on the side, misses that summer very much.

Barnes doesn't like being thought of as a jerk, he just gives 100% on the court and won't give in to anyone, but some people misinterpret his intentions.

If he's part of the team, they'll appreciate Barnes' attitude to the game.But after becoming their opponent, they began to hate him.He respects everyone on the pitch but fears no one, that's his game, his way of life.

He has an instinctive reaction in his blood: If his teammate is viciously violated by an opponent, physically or otherwise, he will retaliate and push the opponent with both hands, stand up for his teammate, and then cause a riot.

His labels -- "thug," "thug" -- have kept him alive in this league.

Those labels, his crude skill set, and an innate need to protect those who made him more important, those he loved, all came together to make this bloody player loved by his teammates and hated by his opponents.

Having said all that, what kind of person is Barnes?
Let me give you an example.

If you're a fan and you say, "Matt, you're disgusting," you usually get a "fuck you" from Barnes.

　The outline is a bit messy, I need to sort it out, maybe the update is a bit slow, please understand~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)