Matt Barnes next to leave Bay Area, womenfolk angered.
With reports out of Phoenix indicating that Matt Barnes is close to an agreement with the Phoenix Suns, female season ticket holders are planning an impromptu protest at the team practice facility in Downtown Oakland tomorrow. Details are scarce at this late hour, but when reached for comment, a representative of Women In Powerful Praise of Energetic Defense (WIPPED) identified only as Lil’ Dub Fan, responded as follows.
Oh hell no. First Boom and now this? And Azubuike too? They don’t know who they’re messin’ with. I ain’t paying $2,500 a year to see who they got left. Somebody needs to get Rick Fox out of retirement or something.
This, in response to a report from the Arizona Republic that all but indicates that the be-tatted heartthrob is headed to the Valley of the Sun.
Free-agent forward Matt Barnes is scheduled to arrive in Phoenix Monday, expecting to sign a one-year veteran’s minimum deal with the Suns after completing a physical.
Barnes, 28, spent the past two seasons in a mostly reserve role with the Golden State Warriors. He collected a career-best 9.8 points and 4.6 rebounds in the 2006-07 season. Last season, he averaged 6.7 points and 4.4 rebounds in 19.4 minutes per game.
General Manager Steve Kerr and coach Terry Porter talked with Barnes by phone last week from Las Vegas, where the Suns were in NBA Summer League action. The team likes his shooting touch, ball-handling and big-game experience.
In his seventh NBA season, Barnes is expected to make $1.2 million, but the Suns will pay only $797,000. The rest will come from a league fund.
That giant sighing sound? Well, let’s just say that next year you gentlemen out there just got 50% more likely to be enjoying the game alone.
Turman
Yeah, if you think about those Boston teams in the 80’s, there basketball performance was inversely related to their level of attractiveness. Maybe this is the Warriors strategy here.
Comment by matthewmeschery | 07.22.2008 | 5:57 pm