The official Matt Barnes appreciation thread

MaryvalesFinest · Post #1 » by **MaryvalesFinest** » Wed Jul 8, 2009 7:47 pm

Now that Barnes is gone, this is to appreciate for what he did for the Suns last year. He was the Suns best defender and brought toughness to the team when Amare went out with that injury. Anyway list all your appreciations about Matt Barnes.

Post #2 » by **TASTIC** » Wed Jul 8, 2009 7:49 pm

he was not the Suns' best defender, Hill was

I loved his toughness, but HATED how many times he failed to completely wrap up a guy going for a layup or dunk and they got an And 1 out of it

Loved the hustle, dunking with his left hand, strong ballhandling...I feel kind of robbed though - as he should - he wasn't used like he should have been and his season was good for the price, but he was capable of so much more I think

Still hope we try to keep him

pidi · Post #3 » by **pidi** » Wed Jul 8, 2009 7:59 pm

thank you for a lot of dumb plays, some nice hustle, some intensity. too sad that this team had no cojones to play hard basketball - and man, get a new freaking haircut. damn

Phystic · Post #4 » by **Phystic** » Wed Jul 8, 2009 8:11 pm

He had some good moments, but for every good game that he had, he had 2 or 3 terrible games. His shot is inconsistent which wouldn't be a big deal if he wouldn't just constantly chuck up 3's. He has great ballhandling for his size, he's a good passer(when he makes good decisions), and he's a solid defender.

With that said, his BBall IQ seems to drop the further into the season we got. He made some boneheaded passes, some ridiculous decisions on breaks, weak fouls(which tastic mentioned), bad shot selection, and just all around poor play.

I wouldn't mind bringing him back, but I wouldn't want to spend much on him.

lou_skywalker · Post #5 » by **lou_skywalker** » Wed Jul 8, 2009 9:00 pm

Thank u Matt for your effort......but I think you should have chosen the NFL back then.... :lol:

TXSun · Post #6 » by **TXSun** » Wed Jul 8, 2009 9:15 pm

he was well worth the $1mil we paid him last year. He'll get alot more somewhere else, that's fo sho.

RandomVillain · Post #7 » by **RandomVillain** » Wed Jul 8, 2009 10:11 pm

Remember last season, one of those last few games, where every one counted, and we were trying to make the playoffs, and there was a few seconds to go, game was tied, Suns ball, and Barnes got the inbound pass, freaked out cause he was about to be double teamed, and threw the ball back to Grant Hill... who was still standing out of bounds? Thanks Barnes.

aIvin adams · Post #8 » by **aIvin adams** » Wed Jul 8, 2009 10:24 pm

RandomVillain wrote:Remember last season, one of those last few games, where every one counted, and we were trying to make the playoffs, and there was a few seconds to go, game was tied, Suns ball, and Barnes got the inbound pass, freaked out cause he was about to be double teamed, and threw the ball back to Grant Hill... who was still standing out of bounds? Thanks Barnes.

not to be melodramatic, but that kind of killed our season. still matt barnes rocked and i'd love him back for cheap

WTFsunsFTW · Post #9 » by **WTFsunsFTW** » Wed Jul 8, 2009 10:30 pm

There were 8000 things that killed our season

Nash also led the league in turnovers for a while

Never Fear 33 Is Here · Post #10 » by **Never Fear 33 Is Here** » Thu Jul 9, 2009 12:02 am

Haha feeling the love Mr. Barnes?

See ya........

GoSunsGo · Post #11 » by **GoSunsGo** » Thu Jul 9, 2009 12:08 am

thanks for signing my jersey Barnes. Despite several "I want to punch you in the stomach because i can't believe you really just did that" bonehead moves he was great for us. Like i've said streaky as all hell, but tenacious and tough which is something the Suns always seem to need improvement on (Well since the Barkley days)

HootieRules · Post #12 » by **HootieRules** » Thu Jul 9, 2009 1:03 am

Matt Barnes will look like MJ, Bird, Magic and Kobe all rolled up into one compared to some of the borderline D-League crap we will be throwing out on the floor next year after we're forced to give away our stars for peanuts....

So, um, good luck Barnesy...

DanLanghiOwnsAll · Post #13 » by **DanLanghiOwnsAll** » Thu Jul 9, 2009 5:49 am

I live in Sacramento and play in a softball league and was surprised two weeks ago seeing Matt Barnes playing on the other team at first base. I'm a Warrior fan so it was a delight to see him in person. He signed my Warrior hat, but when I asked him where he might end up he kind of just shrugged his shoulders.

Post #14 » by **rsavaj** » Thu Jul 9, 2009 5:50 am

I'm glad he played for us, and I think the good outweighed the bad with him.

MaryvalesFinest · Post #15 » by **MaryvalesFinest** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:13 am

Looks like he's officially gone now

Post #16 » by **lilfishi22** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:40 am

Looks like it.

Loved his intensity, hustle but question his decisions sometimes.

Goodluck Mr. Barnes

RunDogGun · Post #17 » by **RunDogGun** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:43 am

For what we paid for him, he was awesome. Good luck Matt, we enjoyed your toughness. Hopefully the rest of the guys learned some of that from you.

binkar · Post #18 » by **binkar** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:23 am

I appreciate Matt's attitude and happy for this new opportunity for him. That said, I am glad the Suns decided not to bring him back.

WTFsunsFTW · Post #19 » by **WTFsunsFTW** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:02 am

Looks like he may be heading to Orlando

http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wireta ... tt_barnes/

Austin · Post #20 » by **Austin** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:45 pm

Good Luck in Orlando... If we by the will of god alone, somehow meet in the finals... please play with as many bonehead moves as you did while on our team so we can secure a sweep.