Matt Barnes Says LeBron’s Lakers Exit Could Be a Win for Bronny

Matt, what up dog? How you doing? I'm good, man. Yourself? You know, I'm blessed. But, you know, there's a new star in the sports world this week, Dejon Love. And there's another dude, too, fronting like he was on the Cowboys. I've seen that. But I wanted to get at you because I feel like you probably know better than anybody that this exists across sports. Is there that same situation happening in basketball? It'd probably be harder in the NBA because, obviously, you know, you see the whole team. If you're on the bench or whether you're playing, you might be able to get away with it in the G League or overseas. Obviously, you know, they're not on prime television. So I think it's a little harder to claim you're on an NBA team and give all the stories he was giving. Because, like I said, there's no helmet and you see everyone whether you're playing or not. I didn't think about that. He slipped in with the helmet league move. Man, he had the helmet everywhere. I'm just glad he signed with the Rams because I feel like he was bringing bad energy to my Niners. Everyone was getting hurt ever since he said he was with the team. We've been losing. So I'm just glad he's with the Rams. Now he needs to go to the Cowboys next. Look, man, Lakers, OK? Last thing I'm going to ask you. Everyone's cooking my team, bro, like acting like, oh, they're done. They're not going to make a playoff push. It's an experiment. Can you give me some good word, bro? Like, is there any chance? I just got to see it. I mean, this is probably the whitest Laker team since the Minneapolis Lakers. But again, man, when you've got Luka and A.R. out there, to me, two of the best scoring guards in the league. They've added some depth. So to me, I just got to see it. Everyone wants to give a hot take and predict what they feel like they're going to do. I really just have to see. This is, you know, this is this Laker team is Lucas now, and they're trying to build around him. I don't know if there's new ownership or not. So they got to kind of figure that out. But, you know, the Lakers, whether they're up or down, if they're down, they don't stay down long. So it's good to see what this season looks like. There's a lot of movement in the league as a whole. You know, the league is a young league. Yeah. Are they trying to ship Brownie? Or do you think they keep him? Do you see something? I mean, I think, you know, quiet is kept. You know, a lot of people want to say his dad got him drafted, and that may be true, may not be true. But Brownie has a lot of talent. And I just thought if he would have even stayed one more year, he could have did it on his own. So I think, you know, now he's going into year three, if I'm not mistaken. Yeah. I definitely think he's got some talent. And he's someone that's just going to have to show the world to shut people up. I think it's great now that obviously Braun is gone and Braun is kind of on his own. I think that's something that he was kind of looking forward to, to kind of just say, hey, you know, I can do this without my dad. Any advice for him? Yeah. Ryan, what up, bro? Man, just keep doing your thing, man. Shut the **** out. I think, you know, his dad's probably been able to teach him that. You know, the only thing that matters is his circle and his game. And I know he's been working hard on his game. I've seen him play a lot of golf. He's nice at golf, too. But I think that, you know, he's locked in. And I think he has a chip on his shoulder to be able to prove people that he's able to do it without his pops.