Our guest this week is JJ Redick's former teammate and close friend Matt Barnes (ESPN / All The Smoke). Topics include: his transition from playing NBA basketball to hosting All The Smoke and other media gigs, why he wanted to get into media, debunking the rumor that he didn't want his Golden State Warriors championship ring, the difference between The Warriors and The Lob City Los Angeles Clippers, being recruiting to The Los Angeles Lakers by Kobe Bryant, wanting to fight Kobe, what he thought when The Lakers traded for Chris Paul, the importance of veteran leadership in today's NBA, The 'We Believe' Lakers, Chris Paul being an acquired taste, and one of the wildest NBA cards story ever that resulted in Matt Barnes almost breaking the window of a plane. It's a good one, folks. Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter on Apple, Spotify and our YouTube channel. #JJRedick #NBA #MattBarnes