Yardbarker: Matt Barnes

Magic Offer No Defense Against the Thunder

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:26:36 -0500

Defenseless. That’s the only way to describe the performance by the Orlando Magic against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night. Sure the Magic were without Vince Carter, Ryan Anderson, and Rashard Lewis. Sure, Matt Barnes was sick with flu-like symptoms, but losing a game like this is inexcusable. Orlando was bad on both ends of the floor [...]

Orlando Magic @ Oklahoma City Thunder

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:09:19 -0500

You can see my game preview here. Starters Oklahoma City Thunder Nenad Kristic Jeff Green Kevin Durant Thabo Sefolosha Russell Westbrook Orlando Magic Dwight Howard Brandon Bass Matt Barnes J.J. Redick Jameer Nelson End of 1st Quarter: Magic lead 25-23 Orlando shot just 7-of-17 from the field and 1-of-4 from downtown, but are 10-of-16 from the free throw line. Oklahoma City is 10-of-19 but is just 1-of-2 from the line. J.J. [...]

Orlando Magic News & Notes: Anderson in a Boot

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:18:28 -0500

The Orlando Sentinel’s Tania Ganguli reported that Ryan Anderson was in a boot today and Magic Head Coach Stan Van Gundy would be “shocked” if he played all week. That will leave Brandon Bass as the only Power Forward able to play for the Magic this week. We’ll probably have to see Matt Barnes and Marcin [...]

Matt Barnes: Still Mad About Last Year

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:53 -0500

Matt is on a better team this year, and he’s a richer man, but he wishes the “real Suns” had been around last year when he worked in Phoenix: “As happy he is for his friends, Barnes admits being ‘bitter’ about the Suns’ about-face regarding their style of play. ‘It’s frustrating, very frustrating,’ Barnes said. ‘Everybody’s talking about this team being old and doesn’t have it. It’s the same team we had last y...

Magic Defeat The Pacers 117-87, Stay Perfect in the Preseason

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:29:32 -0500

The Orlando Magic returned to Amway arena for the first time since October 9th to play host to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night. The Magic came away with a 30-point victory to improve to 7-0 in the preseason. Orlando started Matt Barnes at Power Forward because Head Coach Stan Van Gundy wanted to get a [...]

Orlando Wins Preseason Opener, Defeats Dallas 110-105

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:05:32 -0500

Orlando got big plays from newcomers Brandon Bass and Matt Barnes when they needed them most and rallied from a nine-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat the Dallas Mavericks 110-105 and open up the preseason on the right note. It was a very sloppy game with poor shooting, which is exactly what you would expect out [...]

Orlando Magic Media Day: Stan Van Gundy Coverage

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:13:30 -0500

Stan Van Gundy was not only a very popular guy to talk to but he is was also a very popular guy to talk about, starting with Matt Barnes’ comment about Stan Van Gundy and his fondness with text messaging. Stan’s a good dude. Stan texts a lot. Stan texts like a girl who just got [...]

Orlando Magic Media Day: Matt Barnes Coverage

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:11:32 -0500

Next up is another new member of the Orlando Magic, Forward Matt Barnes. On who has surprised him so far Seeing and playing against these guys, no one really surprised me. I’m just amazed at how much better Dwight keeps getting. I’m very excited to work with him. Along with playing with Vince, who’s someone I’ve [...]

Discussing Matt Barnes with the Magic faithful

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:55:55 -0500

Discussing Matt Barnes with the Magic faithful It seems in the comments that Magic fans aren't happy with my assessment of Matt Barnes. What do you think?

Matt Barnes to Orlando

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:41:33 -0500

It's pretty much a done deal for Matt Barnes to go to Orlando. The need for Boston to sign him was eliminated by the Marquis Daniels (eventual) acquisition... but the calls for Boston to sign Barnes by esteemed reader Nick have been among the most entertaining things to read (and hear) this month.

The good thing is... now we get to see him much more often. This will allow us to really get into whether he would have been a better or worse fit than Daniels.

Matt Barnes to Orlando?

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:13:50 -0500

Oh jeez... the Magic are close to landing Matt Barnes. Let's start the crying in the comments.

Nick... you're up.

Magic Close With Matt Barnes? What’s Next?

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:38:34 -0500

Matt Barnes has been widely discussed among Magic and Cavaliers fans over the last week or so. Many thought he may be Cleveland bound, but according to Cleveland beat writer Brian Windhorst, through his twitter, this is not true. Now in Vegas for summer league. Tho there has been contact, Cavs are not talking contract with [...]

At least one Cavalier wants Matt Barnes

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:48:59 -0500

In the past week or so, we’ve been introduced to Mo Williams’ Twitter account (after dealing with a fake prior to that). While there’s been some talk amongst folks here about the Cavs signing Matt Barnes, it appears as though Mo wants Barnes on the Cavs as well (and maybe knows something we don’t). Quote [...]

Matt Barnes is hot-headed and dirty

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:18:47 -0500

Last week I posted a story about Matt Barnes losing his cool at a San Francisco Pro-Am game. He threw a ball at a referee in disgust, ostensibly because it took the referee too long to a call a foul when Barnes was getting mugged during garbage time with his team up by a decent margin. I gave Barnes the benefit of the doubt, because I was at the game. He was getting mugged. There were a bunch of amateurs trying to make a name for themselves. But last night I was at game two of the Pro-Am Fina...

Attention females: a shirtless Matt Barnes explains his tattoos.

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:51:35 -0500

Womanfolk demanded it, and here it is. Video of a shirtless Matt Barnes explaining his tats. That's damn near lightweight porn for a certain, sizeable demographic. So, sit for a minute with the growing legion of female Dubfans and learn about flaming black panthers, believing hands, initials, more flames and the closely guarded secret of the initials FTH. Make the jump for the video.