Ever since Matt Barnes has been in the NBA, he’s upheld a reputation for being a hard-nosed guy. Sometimes, opposing players will tell you that he’s even over the top with his antics.
With the Clippers being the opposition now, Barnes had a message for DeAndre Jordan.
“I told him, ‘Even though we’re good friends, I’m still going to foul the beep out of you when we play,’” Barnes recalled Tuesday during his introductory news conference in Memphis. “That’s just the kind of player I am. There’s no hard feelings…
“Basically coming from the enemy and now they’re the enemy,” Barnes said of the Clippers, “my kids are a little confused still. I have twin boys and they’re just like, ‘So, Daddy, do you not like DeAndre, Chris [Paul] and Blake [Griffin] no more?’ And I’m like, ‘No, they’re still my friends, it’s just they’re my enemy when the ball goes up.’”
Something tells me when these guys met, we’ll see some flagrant fouls.