Matt Barnes talks about his history with Mo Cheeks and the time he charged at him 😱

Matt Barnes talks about his history with Mo Cheeks and the time he charged at him 😱
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[@dcpettis9573]

The name “mo cheeks” will never not make me laugh😭

[@gtgargon]

damn never thought of it that way...

[@seminos03]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@daycallmebigmeech]

And I thought I was the only one 😂😂😂

[@IBO85]

His real name is Maurice but you right cuz he's called "Mo" for the short version

[@L4-295]

@@gtgargonhow can you think of it any other way?? Lmao

[@LeftyOneFive]

Just looked it up, he went 7/8 from 3 and only took 9 shots for 25 pts. 🔥😅

[@smokeyperception8871]

What year was it?

[@Dexcellence]

​@@smokeyperception8871prob 06-07. that was the We Believe year

[@Dexcellence]

​@@smokeyperception8871Boxing Day

[@elonmartin5065]

Sound like a.i numbers NBA rigged

[@DJisthebest1]

Man Matt be smoking too much he told this story 3 different times on KZbin & they all wrong lol in 2012 he told it & he said he scored 34.. on his podcast he said he missed the shot in practice & he scored like 26 when they played against him the on this video he says he actually made the shot in practice first

[@jessygot21]

Mo calling you cheeks is crazy 😂😂

[@JakeDaMistake]

How many times a day do u say something is crazy

[@Rookwood2012]

lmao yo

[@dutchboi2425]

Nah jus this generation make most out any type of play on words.

[@E-ROSE_CGLL]

@@dutchboi2425nah fr I remember back in the day even the term “pause” was just an NY thing to my knowledge

[@imranak12]

@@JakeDaMistake Probably the same amount of times you called things gay

[@jerryspence3969]

They say never meet your IDOLS DAMN SHAME!!!

[@younesyassine9409]

I mean you a grown ass man saying to another grown ass man that you look up to them and you a fan nigga you better be ready for that roasting session

[@xer0058]

It say never idolize fool

[@sova4luv341]

I met my former favorite player Kenyon Martin after an Olympic practice game back in the day. Kenyon, who I watch his entire college career and was a huge fan of his. Let me add I was a 16 year old kid(now 40). After the game, a game which nobody was at(literally like 10 people in the stands). I literally walked up to him 1 on 1. I walked up to him and told him he was my favorite player. I asked him for an autograph and asked him if he remembered this dunk he did in a game earlier that year. Long story short, he cussed at me and didn’t give me an autograph. I totally understand he’s not obligated to sign anything for me but to cuss at a young child who looked up to his game is wild now that I’m a grown man. Dude is a real life piece of trash, money don’t by you character and class… Anyway, I enjoyed watching Shaq punk that Nets whole team in the finals.

[@oP-bh9tg]

Imagine idolizing another man. Beta

[@aarongdukey]

@@sova4luv341 yeah man I’ve noticed that a lot of the guys who make it big were having their heads filled their entire life once they were deemed elite enough for college or pros, so their confidence usually comes at the price of any wholesomeness they might’ve had. There’s no excuse for it tho, it just means a lot of athletes are complete assholes simply because they’ve only focused or viewed things from their perspective and nobody else’s. And you always eventually hear about it. At least you have the mind to understand that when a person admires you it’s a BLESSING.

[@aryetheking]

Coach Mo: "we want layups in transition when we have numbers advatage." Matt: "I'll beat the waves out yo head!"

[@TheVibesnstuff]

Big 📠. For 30 years I've been waiting for a p*rn star to come out with that name.

[@Terry-yv2dn]

Q in

[@Terry-yv2dn]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@Terry-yv2dn]

😅

[@DP-gb8qu]

😂😂😂😂

[@vittiriowashington5211]

When idols become rivals 😂

[@davek3139]

“Quit yelling at the mike”. “Beards weird” 😂

[@elmayimbe5094]

*Rick Ross* 😂😂😂

[@oP-bh9tg]

Y’all idolize other dudes? Tf

[@vittiriowashington5211]

@oP-bh9tg man don't come here stirring the pot

[@oP-bh9tg]

pause @@vittiriowashington5211

[@darylparson4486]

Mo is short for Maurice Cheeks guys😅

[@chuckgamble5696]

Lmao it's so funny reading these comments. Like is this the first time they've heard of him? 😂

[@jwilariousda1st]

@@chuckgamble5696for a lot of them yea lol

[@timmoss5756]

@@chuckgamble5696. Yes. These are young bulls. They don’t know about :Cheeks, Toney, Moses, Bobby Jones, Darryl Dawkins , Doc, Mahorn , shyt Vinnie Johnson.

[@Babycuz115]

There kids bro they have no clue 😂 im old hell i saw mo cheeks get busy

[@chuckgamble5696]

@Babycuz115 I missed him play but my dad drilled all the 70s to 90s players in my head.

[@187mrsmith]

This why they said dont meet yo idols cause they'll turn into yo rivals

[@michaelclay761]

I was about to whoop Mo's Cheeks

[@willy2o997]

Glad he didn’t use the word “beat” 😭🤦🏾‍♂️

[@jamescarter4237]

Pause😂

[@ogkloudy]

😂😂😂😂

[@t-roc5551]

😂

[@user-yw4wn8ng8s]

That's a lie 😂😂

[@dylan_dmb3398]

I’ve heard stories from family members who worked in the CBA (old G-League) when Mo Cheeks was coaching there and everyone says he was an asshole who would cursed everyone out all the time.

[@mikeknowsbest4]

He look like that type of guy.

[@birdmanwfo]

The g-league used to be called d-league (development league) not CBA. CBA is the collective bargaining agreement (Players Union that decides contracts, trades etc).

[@danielp5317]

It use to be a CBA too nah CBA = Continental basketball Association It went defunct, I've read an article with one guy claimed Isaiah Thomas when he was the commissioner of the old CBA. Good things that messed it up financially and otherwise Players like John Starks, Billy Ray Bates and others came out of the CBA. I think it went bankrupt in the late 90s early 2000s

[@birdmanwfo]

@@danielp5317 whoa cool didn’t know that

[@dylan_dmb3398]

@@danielp5317isiah Thomas bought it and promptly made decisions that put it out of business within years. Never took responsibility for his actions, rubbed a lot of people who were out of jobs because of his incompetence the wrong way.

[@RobertoRaymon]

I hate coaches that try to belittle players' games!

[@lin856]

The story is always good whenever it starts with “ah we at the strip club …”

[@antwonlatimer4146]

Not really

[@NellDAce]

​@@antwonlatimer4146those are always great stories. Anytime it starts with yo so we was at the strip club only BS happened from that point on

[@P.G.G.]

It's funny because it wasn't even necessary for the story.😂

[@dantedlane2]

What simp goes to a strip club

[@iBall24-7]

​@@P.G.G.glad I'm not the only one who noticed that

[@joseyeastwood]

Iggy put some pants on dude 😂😂😂😂

[@joshconner51]

Bro you wild 😂😂😂

[@Ho11is2Ho11ywood]

Word. And Evan Turner looking like he's in a Ska band 😂

[@prolific1518]

These "men" out here trying to show skin like females

[@getspun6961]

Why do Americans freak out when a dude wears shorts 💀it’s like ur guys instinct to have to check his bulge out , and u can’t accept that so you’d rather he change his clothes 🤣kinda sus if u ask me

[@dezdabryant1387]

I'm not sure if people are bulge watching but it's the length of the shorts that's the problem. Nobody wants to see all that thigh meat on a man. You heard of "coochie cutters"? Those are "penis pinchers".

[@chrisgodsey1845]

You are just showing a glimpse of how in mature u was that’s a lot of cash for a young man he’ll of a dude to admit Matt Barnes is a beast gotta love the pod

[@COACHFSTATON]

Barnes has been whipping coaches' butt for a long time! Barnes was Latrell Sprewell 2.0

[@erickennedy3322]

Barnes is wanna be tough guy.

[@davidreyes2234]

@@erickennedy3322 Barnes thinks he’s a REAL TOUGH guy cuz he grew up in South SAC 🙄🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@erickennedy3322]

@@davidreyes2234 Nope Carmachale which is outside of Sacrmento. He went Del Campo all white school.

[@trinam383]

@@erickennedy3322 Exactly! I guarantee Matt was NOT going to kick Mo Cheeks azz! Barnes haven’t kicked a real thug or gangster yet!

[@itsbigglo5160]

Kyle Korver looks wild 🤣

[@joekaiser7512]

Kyle korber could shoot threes while he was sleeping…

[@matticeburnett8827]

Mo Cheeks from the Robert Taylor Projects in Chicago, IL. My dad family helped him out. The Lloyd's, that's my dad's family, he mentioned them in his speech he did when he was inducted into the hall of fame. Charles Edward Lloyd is my dad's name.

[@kennyb50]

Why do you think we need or want to know this ?

[@reyruiz1258]

😂

[@Vinny.X]

​@@kennyb50I wanted to know so go troll elsewhere

[@Vinny.X]

Thank you for sharing that story

[@demarbieuxme]

Cool story bro

[@JonSnowsGhost]

Mo coaching record is 305-315… Cheeks

[@ifheavenwashuman]

This is shocking. Mo Cheeks looked like the friendliest coach of all time, from the outside looking in.

[@Keels5404]

Mo Cheeks Mo problems

[@CalShanahanSF49ers]

Underrated comment 😂😂

[@Vinny.X]

Hahahaha

[@AndreWhyte]

"Mo Cheeks"😂

[@trecomas]

It sucks how much power a coach has over the players. They can ruin a team, player, and there own career bec they stuck in these old ways

[@RobertHernandez-xd7qh]

Barnes fr carried that dawg mentality everywhere he went. Bro solid

[@thatmanfromcleveland2835]

One time it was a girl singing the national anthem, she forgot the words. Cheeks walked up to her and help her sing the song. He wasn't an asshole all the time.

[@MrVERBALASSAULT]

I remember that😊

[@marcusclark-oliver758]

No one's an a-hole ALL the time. But an a-hole is still an a-hole 🤷🏾

[@allenlamb8240]

Mo was doing what he was there to do. He was coaching his team. Matt Barnes needs to play his role, get with it or get lost.

[@marcusclark-oliver758]

Still doesn't mean he wasn't an a-hole. Shit...its said that MJ was an a-hole too 🤷🏾

[@diashawncoles2435]

For all the gen z’s who dnt believe we weren’t allowed to shoot back in the days people like steph n James harden would of been benched…the game was different

[@MrHarry-hx4bo]

What about Reggie Miller dude? He took some wild shots. Early in Stephs career he wasn't taking the crazy shots he is now. He earned that over time because how efficient he is. Just some context.

[@davidchandler6885]

​@@MrHarry-hx4bomost of his shots were set shots and prob just good shooting curry alot guys could shit were allowed. Tanya went down to high school level many kids could shoot half court on. Real games 20 yrs ago but weren't allowed

[@MrHarry-hx4bo]

@davidchandler6885 Most of the kids shooting those shots today haven't earned it. I remember Reggie Miller taking 3s fading away, which is a bad shot but he earned the right to take them. Same with Curry. No intelligent person is going to bench someone taking those shots if they shoot 40% or more.

[@Darrelsimpson3233]

Coach would’ve been like go get Steph..facts👌🏾

[@venusspacey9685]

​@@MrHarry-hx4bocurry enter games knowing he can shoot 17 3's. Reggie never came in a game with that type of green light or else his record would be out of reach. Curry would be the water boy in the 90's.

[@Justicesdad]

One thing I will always remember about Andre was him waking group with tiger rd.3 on his comeback year at La Jolla and AI has the widest heels sneakers I have ever seen, huge girths

[@sigmundsanders2564]

Barnes ain’t lying though

[@Kaiokenx1mil]

How you know? Wtf😂😂😂😂

[@KBreeze-zt9ds]

(AINT) LYING BOUT WHAT??? HE LYING ABOUT "CHEEKS" BEING A B*TCH".

[@SIRHENNY1]

@@Kaiokenx1milbecause we was there 😂😂 that Mo Cheeks sixers era was garbage.

[@Kaiokenx1mil]

@@SIRHENNY1 actually I apologize y’all I thought bro said mat is lying

[@joshlynn3185]

i heard this story like 5000x times now

[@comedianwatts5436]

He said you aint gonna shoot here 😂😂😂😂

[@1closer]

I would love to see a sit down with Matt and Mo

[@ryealblack996]

Aye just because u the coach u gitta give respect to get it

[@Raquib_in2002]

I grew up with Maurice Cheeks. Brother, kinda different. He went to DuSable, and I attended Dunbar Voc.

[@user-kc6hx6kj7d]

WOW!!! You were treated like that.

[@MrWatts-dz6fb]

Mo was a catalyst to Matt's greatness, hopefully it was Mo wanting him to be great through his criticism.

[@td7883]

Na he was def tryna black ball him.

[@LifeOfSydG]

"Mo Cheeks" has to be the craziest name ever given 💀💀💀

[@smonster9807]

It’s y’all generation that sexualizes everything said. We didn’t even call cheeks cheeks back then but that’s over your head 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@KBreeze-zt9ds]

MAURICE CHEEKS IS HIS "NAME". "MO"....IS SHORT FOR MAURICE.🙄

[@artfuldodger7747]

Sir have you heard of Dick Butkus

[@jayleng3675]

Mo cheeks that's a crazy name for a man 😂

[@arielparker2924]

Maurice cheeks is his nane

[@prodigalsonministry]

It’s crazy that in the 80s nobody ever references his name in an any context as it would todayv

[@injun6896]

My homeboy has his jersey…. 🥷 walking round wit cheeks on his back 😂😂

[@sonofyahayah]

​@@prodigalsonministryfacts not once!

[@real-h1739]

Sounds like a prison name; Mo Cheeks tonight 😂😂😂😂

[@robburton4250]

Famous words from Charles Barkley "never meet your hero, you'll be disappointed."

[@foreverbMT]

Mo Cheeks is a wild name, lol ...Gotta say pause every time you call him

[@raider2071]

Mo is short for maurice in this case

[@380Ken]

@@raider2071that’s worse

[@gregorybrown7397]

Becky with the good hair capping.

[@eanoworro1028]

Why do the sub titles keep showing up below the YT text...

[@hazy9785]

I hate that... Subtitles placements

[@HarrisGlennJr]

Every story Matt Barnes tells is, “I was going to….” 😂

[@djdiggerjonez4063]

He got his Cheeks raided.

[@GreenlightBze]

Mo cheeks was Dr j bag boy 😂 thats why he feel so important

[@jasoncarter1869]

"I don't know why you working on your shot" That's crazy to hear from your coach

[@joshlynn3185]

dayum this story was better than a championship for Barnes. DFish had no fear clapping his own girl until Barnes stepped up. Bro has no rep like that. He light skinned

[@silkee1922]

Sad to hear this. I'd love to hear Mo's version.

[@Lmaooooooooo319]

I can’t be intimidated by someone who sounds like a mentor

[@LonnieLBrown]

Some players are very sensitive when it comes to their ego.

[@bdww4072]

This is the most accurate conclusion I've seen from this story lol. I love Matt Barnes and think he is a great analyst and very respectful for the most part but then you hear all these stories about how he wanted to "whop this dudes ass" because they hurt his fragile ego. If you can't take criticism from your coach I'm surprised he made it that far. It's funny because they talked about it on KG'S show. They said when Matt was a rookie he was so nice and clean cut but that people called him soft and apparently hurt his feelings enough to decide to get two sleeves and a neck tat then start telling people he was going to beat their ass if they fucked with his gangsta ass.

[@quintonjackson2462]

Pretty boy Mo.Cheeks..was the cutest player on the 76ers❤

[@charcoalcowboy]

Mo would’ve whooped “Becky with the good hair” ass lol

[@bigcheese1280]

😂😂😂

[@Brandonruffin]

Matt Barnes is really like that ...Becky with tha good hair got big history whipping ass

[@aaronemanuel4480]

No he isn’t…. ALL MYTH

[@oatmeal5671]

Matt B..glad you kept it 100% 🎉

[@sk8god256]

Mo gunz all the shaaaatttt😂😂😂😂

[@kenfcarzn]

You was about to beat MO’s Cheeks @$$? Hmm 😂😂😂😂

[@briankissel7661]

Strange and refreshing to hear a black NBA player speak normally.

[@ryanschuler9827]

I didn't remember matt barnes ever on Philly i missed the squad with A.i

[@ketienne1021]

I don't want to hear no Mo Cheeks jokes.

[@localone1597]

Very different than the public reputation MO Cheeks has.

[@randybarnes4440]

its so heartbreaking to hear how soooo many coaches outside like larry brown n bill cunnigham...sixers coaches really be shytting on young players and stifiling they progress....so glad we got nick nurse now. sheesh. n dr j n barkely like the only cool OGs before Iverson. wtf

[@Jaymake]

Bro said he was going to whip Mo Cheeks ass that day 🤣🤣🤣 these Mo Cheeks videos funny. Why they just don’t call him Maurice or something

[@CommentGawd]

Now I have to find this game

[@lukes9192]

"you a bitch" is a hilarious choice of words

[@J0SHOFFICIAL]

Mo cheeks 4 that

[@tarifalston8732]

Imagine having your coach discouraging you like that

[@BlackMamba-ec4dn]

Matt Barns had beef with everybody, never seen him fight on the floor!

[@williamholloway5789]

No Mo was gon kick your ass

[@Frederico_El_Padrino]

Facts.

[@AlexanderBraden1]

Why was Matt lookin like Braxton 😂😂😂

[@LonghornsLegend]

Matt has not missed a single chance to tell niggas he df with Mo Cheeks 😂😂

[@cekmate20]

On a 3 on 2 fast break, the high percentage option is to go for a dunk, layup, or get a shooting foul and get to the line. Back then defenders were pretty physical and you get fouled pretty hard which leads to fights. You were considered soft for shooting a 3 on a break. If some coaches don’t like you, they’ll tell defenders to foul you extra hard. That’s why the best athletes endure pain, get bigger and stronger, and defenders gets out of the way. Big guys like Karl Malone, CWebb, Barkley, Shawn Kemp taking on huge defenders Rodman, Laimbeer, Oakley, Mahorn, Mourning, Davis boys.

[@arturoperez352]

Yeah Mo Cheeks too clap 😂

[@MickFern]

They should make a movie about Matt Barnes called "The FAKE Gangster"

[@tom53705]

Whoop dem Cheeks😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@davidhenry7607]

Mo cheeks changed when he became a coach because he felt he had to change because he had to.....but as a player he was the quietest humbliest player in NBA history. He did like probably 2 interviews in his whole career. This is the side off him that many of people have talked about lately

[@charlesricks2842]

Wow that was a hell of a story

[@BoldenFMA]

This dude was "always about to whip someones ass" smh lol

[@user-kb7ue7hg2y]

Are used to go to a lot of Sixers games I remember seeing Matt Barnes warmup but I don’t think he played a single minute. I recognized him on tv playing for a different team like a year or two later and he was good. I was confused why the 6ers never used him.

[@lowbeats7916]

I with an angry and confused town said "Mo cheeks" the. Started laughing. Some parents are clueless.

[@fredsavage3565]

Who got the the link to the game footage?

[@Paul_425]

It's like someone saying at the workplace, don't even try you're not gonna get promoted, why even work hard...😅

[@nylesreed6971]

Need to get that man out of Chicago

[@MrSofakinghigh420]

The object of basketball is to shoot a ball in the basket....why are you telling players they won't be shooting here?

[@JorgeAceituno-vs3jt]

Barnes is a Savage .

[@Traypeats]

I remember him telling this story a few times but never mentions trying to fight mo until now....

[@j.l.6008]

He had 25, 7/8 from 3 in that game against Philly too lol

[@kaseemjohnson3849]

Tunner looks zesty as fuck 😂

[@charlesking4843]

Mo cheeks gotta be a terrible coach talking to his players like that.

[@keithschenck3910]

coke head 😮

[@Deron3003]

Nah, Matt Barnes is 6'7". Why the f is he shooting deep shots. This is why he only avg 7 points.

[@r4yofficial]

@@Deron3003thats how tall wing players are dude…

[@Dewan2219847]

@@r4yofficialwait till he find out Reggie Miller was 6’7 and Klay is 6’6

[@HasanMustafaa-en1tj]

​@@Dewan2219847, but they can shoot!!!!

[@tailzgodbodynick5406]

I was finna whip mos ass that day 😂😂😂

[@PenthouseThriftAPPoffici-mg9iw]

That's craaaaaazy!

[@shamgod815]

Y’all boys gotta be out of the loop to not know who Mo Cheek’s is.

[@josephbronson3388]

Thats what AM saying they must be real young

[@cortezfernandez7475]

Matt can't whip anybody's ass. Name 1 fight he actually WON! EVER!

[@IDHTV]

He beat up Derek Fisher

[@kitskippy5454]

Kobe

[@TheRectangle749]

@@IDHTVgood answer

[@shavingryansprivate89]

Whut?

[@rickmoss6421]

​@@IDHTVAllegedly.

[@dabull20M]

A lot of old dudes be hating.

[@waynewayne9693]

He is one of those that gets more credit than credit is due. One time chip avg 11ppg 6ast 2 steals. 4 time allstar and defensive 1st team in 15 years and a mediocre coach at best in 24 years being an assistant 16 of those years with a .49 winning percentage as a head coach. Cheeks should have been banished to the WNBA a long time ago!

[@twindogstvtube]

The We Believe Golden State team😂😂😂😂

[@Mrjvc163]

Mo Cheeks sounds like a punch line

[@willl7780]

Mo was the blazers coach AWFUL

[@slobbernuckle]

Don’t disrespect MO

[@MrYodeezy]

He was bout to bust Cheeks up

[@tme123211]

I can’t picture Matt Barnes whooping anybody’s a$$😂. I can see him jumping his own fence though 😂

[@bigcheese1280]

😂😂😂

[@user-sk3hb5rl7g]

That's crazy all three of them played for philly ❤❤❤

[@The_Cartoon_Guy_Jim_Graves]

Matt is crazy

[@RobThaBank]

Matt you was really gon run down on the old head ???? 🤣 😂 🤦🏾