Again, McGrady said about five total minutes of action against Golden State. Popovich told McGrady he didn’t want the veteran to be “chasing” the young team around, but that he’d play in the next series if they got there. In the second round the Spurs faced the Warriors. He didn’t see action until Game 4 of the first round against the Los Angeles Lakers, in which he played five minutes in a blowout win to complete the sweep. McGrady didn’t play in the regular season. He had recently finished playing in China and now says he was mentally checked out of basketball, but out of respect to Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, he rejoined the NBA.
The day before the final game of the 2013 Spurs regular season, McGrady signed to help fill in for injured players.
When McGrady shared detail about his final NBA season with the San Antonio Spurs, he and Barnes expressed similar emotions about the playoff runs in their respective final seasons On the “All The Smoke” episode with former NBA star Tracy McGrady that aired Thursday, Barnes said his ring is in the office of Warriors vice president of communications Raymond Ridder. He feels he didn’t do anything to deserve it.
Matt Barnes won a championship ring with the Golden State Warriors in 2017.
