Matt Barnes Is A Sixth-Grader

During Orlando’s escape act against LA today, Matt Barnes took an inbounds attempt as an opportunity to gain a psychological edge on Kobe Bryant. It ended exactly the way you’d think it would. From @jose3030:

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↵Poor form, Mr. Barnes, and good on Kobe for not flinching. But really, we hadn’t seen the ol’ fake-ball-at-the-face trick since middle school. No word on whether Barnes also called Kobe a “dorkus,” questioned whose dad could beat the other up, or spent the entire second half chanting “heyyyyy battereyyyyyy battereyyyyyy battereyyyyyy....”