Matt Barnes
American basketball player (born 1980)
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- Matt Kelly Barnes (born March 9, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
- Barnes is currently a basketball analyst for ESPN as well as NBC Sports California for Sacramento Kings games.
- He attended Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California, where he was a letterman in football and basketball.
- Barnes played four seasons of college basketball at UCLA, where he was an All-Pacific-10 Honorable Mention selection in 2001.
- The Cavaliers assigned Barnes for the NBA D-League, and he joined the Fayetteville Patriots for the 2002–03 season.
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WikipediaMatt Kelly Barnes (born March 9, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted in the second round of the 2002 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies and won an NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors in his final season in the league in 2017. Barnes is currently a basketball analyst for ESPN as well as NBC Sports California for Sacramento Kings games.
Barnes was born in Santa Clara, California, to an Italian mother and an African American father. He attended Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California, where he was a letterman in football and basketball. Barnes earned All-American, All-State, All-CIF, All-City, and All-League honors in each sport.
Barnes played four seasons of college basketball at UCLA, where he was an All-Pacific-10 Honorable Mention selection in 2001.
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