Well, we can cool the Matt Barnes to the Wizards speculation because Barnes, who ignited his once-flagging career in Golden State two years ago while playing Nellie-ball, agreed to a one-year, $1.2 million deal with the Phoenix Suns yesterday, according to various outlets. Don Nelson appeared to cool on Barnes last season and the free agent swingman hit the free agent market only to find slight interest. He will take a hefty paycut considering that his base salary was $3 million last season but the market was drying up rapidly and he must have decided to jump on an offer before it went cold completely. Remember, this is a guy who was in the D-League a few years ago and was jettisoned from a bad Knicks team and then a bad Sixers team during the 2005-2006 season before finding a (brief) home in Golden State where Nellie fell...
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