Matt Barnes Seemingly Threatens Nick Wright With Violence Over Andrew Wiggins Criticism (TWEETS)

February 9, 2020, 11:17pm EST (Updated: May 14, 2023, 10:49pm)By Darrelle Lincoln

Matt Barnes doesn’t tolerate disrespect, even if it’s not directed at him.

It all started from a clip on ‘First Things First’ when Nick Wright was criticizing the Warriors for trading for Andrew Wiggins, who he deems as being a bad basketball player.

“Andrew Wiggins is a bad basketball player. He’s owed $95M over the next 3 years, starting next year. It’s unspeakable the Warriors did this. … It’s over for them now. We will never see Steph in another NBA Finals again. Ever.”

"Andrew Wiggins is a bad basketball player. He's owed $95M over the next 3 years, starting next year. It's unspeakable the Warriors did this. … It's over for them now. We will never see Steph in another NBA Finals again. Ever." — @getnickwright pic.twitter.com/mqu5qkEYm9
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) February 7, 2020

That was enough to get Matt Barnes to log onto Twitter and fire back at Wright.

“You’re an analyst, remember that!U were never good enough 2play sports so U have to talk about http://it.How U gonna call a man who’s a career 20pt scorer a bad player”

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“Next time U wanna disrespect another proathlete remember U were never shit,so you get paid 2talk shit”

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You’re an analyst, remember that!U were never good enough 2play sports so U have to talk about https://t.co/OLotR9lABW U gonna call a man who’s a career 20pt scorer a bad player
Next time U wanna disrespect another proathlete remember U were never shit,so you get paid 2talk shit
— Matt Barnes (@Matt_Barnes22) February 9, 2020

That led to a back and forth between the two with several tweets that ultimately had Barnes seemingly threatening Wright at the end.

You’re an analyst too, now, Matt. And if you can’t see past Wiggins’ counting stars, you must not be a very good one.

Obviously every player in the league is 100x better at ball than me, but, unfortunately for Wiggins, he’s not playing against me. He’s playing against pros.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) February 9, 2020

Your disrespect of players has been outa pocket for a min. To each is own, you may not like a guys skill set or think they don’t fit in a system but you talk shit like what these guys are doing is easy. You cross the line w disrespect TOO MUCH!
— Matt Barnes (@Matt_Barnes22) February 9, 2020

If you think I’m “crossing a line”, that’s your call to make, but I I’ve always been fair & honest with what I say, and if it rubs your pal KD or a few others the wrong way, so be it.

But to act like I’m saying “I could do what they do.” is absurd & patently false.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) February 9, 2020

Save all that pal talk. When it comes to disrespect choose your words wisely & remember where you live Nicolas!
— Matt Barnes (@Matt_Barnes22) February 9, 2020

Yikes.