Brent "Burnt" Barry says "chuuuch, I'm a Spur baby"

Phoenix Suns General Manager Steve Kerr said Brent Barry told him Thursday tonight that he has chosen to re-sign with the San Antonio Spurs over Phoenix. Barry cleared waivers Tuesday after being traded by San Antonio last week to the Seattle SuperSonics, which released him Friday to set off a week of recruiting.

Barry will not be able to sign a deal with San Antonio until March 21 because NBA rules prohibit a player from re-signing with a team that traded him until 30 days after the deal was made.

"I spoke with Brent and he informed me he was going to stay in San Antonio," Kerr said. "He said that it was a tough decision but he's going to stay."

Source: Arizona Republic

PHOENIX (TICKER) —Free agent swingman Brent Barry won’t be going anywhere after all, according to a published report in the Arizona Republic on Thursday.

Barry, 36, reportedly informed Phoenix Suns general manager Steve Kerr that he chose the San Antonio Spurs over the Suns, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets.

A career 41 percent 3-point shooter who helped the Spurs win NBA titles in two of his four seasons with the team, Barry was traded by San Antonio to the Seattle SuperSonics along with center Francisco Elson as part of the Kurt Thomas trade on February 20. He was waived by the Sonics last Thursday.

“I spoke with Brent and he informed me he was going to stay in San Antonio,” Kerr told the Republic. “He said that it was a tough decision, but he’s going to stay.”

According to the paper, Barry will not be able to sign a deal with San Antonio until March 21 because NBA rules prohibit a player from re-signing with a team that traded him until 30 days after the deal was made.

Barry, nicknamed “Bones” for his 6-foot-7, 210-pound frame, is averaging 7.3 points and 1.9 rebounds for San Antonio this season. In 13 seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, Sonics and Spurs, he is averaging 9.7 points and 3.1 boards.

So, the Spurs are dirty???

Last night, Amare Stoudemire was on the "Best Damn Sports Show" on the Fox Sports network and he was asked about the Spurs-Suns series, obviously. He still took his position that the Spurs are a dirty team, even though his team could not match the physicality of the series... so naturally he chooses to continue his whining. He also said that the outcome of the series would have been different if he had not been suspended for running on the court, like an idiot, during an altercation. Stating that if that not had happened, the finals would be Suns and Cavs.

All right Amare, don't you think it's about time you said to yourself that you got out played by a better team and stop complaining. I mean, I know you were frustrated after game six when you lost to the Spurs, enough that you left the floor without shaking any one's hand like a real man or sportsman would. Amare is nothing but a complaining punk.

OH YEAH... I want everyone to check this video out... This happened two years ago when the Spurs played the Suns in the playoffs and the Spurs had a series advantage of 3-1 and a lead of about 8 points with 8 minutes to go and went on to beat the Suns. In this play, a Sun's player intentionally kicks Tim Duncan in the crouch when he is going up for a shot. My point is that no one involved with the Spurs called the Suns dirty after this or since then. We forgot about it and moved on and beat the crap out of the Suns. We focused on playing basketball and not talking about ridiculous allegations of dirty play. Way to go Amare... sportsman of the year goes to you.

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