Jordan Hamilton Thinks He Fell in the Draft Because of Something Rick Barnes Said
Jordan Hamilton, a star at Texas and one of the most versatile scorers in last week’s NBA draft, was thought to be a lottery pick, but then mysteriously plummeted all the way to 26th. He was traded by Dallas, then traded to Portland and finally Denver. It actually won’t be a terrible fit – the Nuggets are losing JR Smith and Arron Afflalo is a better defensive player than an offensive one. Hamilton – who reminds me of Louisville scoring machine LaBradford Smith – should have a chance to produce as a rookie. But the fall from the lottery will cost Hamilton plenty of coin. He’s blaming his old coach, Rick Barnes.
“(Barnes) called some teams and said that I probably wasn’t coachable and things like that. But I feel I can be coachable”
He also told Tomasson that he “got some feedback” that led him to believe that information.
I’d make a Rick Barnes joke here, except that Barnes is a perpetual joke. The guy had three 1st round NBA picks, but couldn’t get out of the second round of the NCAA tournament? His teams chronically underachieve. And don’t give me this, “Rick Barnes is a great recruiter” line of hogwash, either – anyone could recruit kids to come play ball at Austin.
[Dallas News via commenter GSG]
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June 27th, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Barnes still doesn’t choke as hard as overrated, fraudy Bill Self.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:11 PM
It’s a good thing for Barnes that basketball is not seen as big as football in Texas. The Longhorns wouldn’t put up with someone like that running their football program!
June 27th, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Seriously, I mean look at the proud tradition of Texas basketball that went almost 60 years without a Final 4 appearance because they were recruiting so much talent to the University from 1947 until Rick Barnes got there!
June 27th, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Typical Rick Barnes.
/Nods at Julius Randle and the Harrison twins
//glares at clown
June 27th, 2011 at 12:14 PM
It would be one thing if a GM or someone called up Barnes to get an opinion but unless Hamilton banged his daughter or something what’s to gain from a coach making an effort to shit on a player of his? This doesn’t make sense
June 27th, 2011 at 12:14 PM
Afflalo shot 50% from the field (mostly jumpers) and 42% from 3.
Also, this.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:15 PM
It will be interesting to see who replaces Mack Brown after another disappointing season. Already lost Muschamp, so the defense will be worse. Garret “interception” Gilbert wont get any better with that potato community guy running the offense.
/no one cares about college basketball
June 27th, 2011 at 12:15 PM
can you?
doubt it
June 27th, 2011 at 12:17 PM
Before Rick Barnes, the last Elite Eight the Longhorns made was 1990. Before that, 1947. He’s made it three times in the last nine years, one time to the Final Four.
SUCKS!!!!!!
June 27th, 2011 at 12:17 PM
I do*.
*for work
June 27th, 2011 at 12:18 PM
I’ll be happy when some of these Texas guys underachieve in the league. Last year it was Kentucky, this year Texas.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Never missed the tournament. JOKE!!!!!
June 27th, 2011 at 12:18 PM
I bet in real life hogwash is pretty nasty. There are disgusting (if tasty) animals.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Watching the NFL would make you happy.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Worst Coach Ever!!!
Coach K has only gotten Duke past the Sweet 16 twice in 9 years. HES AWFUL!
June 27th, 2011 at 12:19 PM
*the last 9 years
June 27th, 2011 at 12:20 PM
Hamilton was a huge pain in the rear his freshman year.
From all accounts, he didn’t listen to coaching at all.
He worked his rear off before his sophomore year at Barnes’ pleading.
My guess is Barnes told any GM the entire story of Hamilton. Whoever relayed this info to Hamilton only told the negative part of the story.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:22 PM
He’s got pretty much the same tournament resume as the much lauded Bo Ryan. Granted, Bo Ryan does it with players like Brian Butch and Jon Leur; and Barnes couldn’t get out of the 2nd round with Kevin Durant.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:22 PM
Barnes is a great recruiter. Much like Billy Donovan at Florida, he was able to turn a football school into a consistent winner in basketball. His teams have underachieved but between Clemson and Texas the guy has been to 16 straight NCAA tournaments (tied with Coach K for the longest active streak). Texas never produced guys like Kevin Durant and LaMarcus Aldridge in the pre-Barnes era.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:22 PM
For some reason, I can’t NOT read this as “Orange Beej”
June 27th, 2011 at 12:26 PM
It will be interesting to see who replaces Mack Brown
He’s not going leaving anytime soon, but I agree, it’ll beinteresting where they turn. Best job in the country.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:26 PM
Russell Wilson transferring to Wisconsin
Celebrate Badger fans! This guy was awesome for NC State. If you aren’t familiar with what he did –
(from ESPN)
June 27th, 2011 at 12:28 PM
Sunnyside, you misunderstood the Randy Wells line, which is really very surprising.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:30 PM
oh shit…Serena, Venus, and my fave Wozniacki all out at Wimbledon.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:30 PM
If there’s one thing we can be sure of, it’s that whenever something negative happens to Jordan Hamilton, it’s somebody else’s fault, not Jordan Hamilton’s.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Watching the NFL would make you happy.
I love this myth. Sure, Young, Williams Benson and Sweed have been dubbed underachievers.
But many others have overachieved. Rogers, Hampton, Charles, Michael Griffin, Finley, Holmes.
Take a look at Florida draftees.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:31 PM
You weren’t saying anything inaccurate though. Guy throwing 86 MPH sinkers at people’s waists isn’t going to get it done in the Major Leagues.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:32 PM
Take it easy. We just like to make fun of everyone, even if we are fans
June 27th, 2011 at 12:32 PM
Would you call his sense of responsibility overrated?
June 27th, 2011 at 12:32 PM
Jamie Moyer thinks he is weak
June 27th, 2011 at 12:33 PM
Texas is a really attractive job there’s no doubt. I mean, where else can you go to coach where people don’t care about basketball unless you have the national player of the year (02-03, 06-07), otherwise, they don’t really go to games or give a shit about what’s going on with the team until they lose in the tournament. Texas would be better off firing the most successful coach they’ve ever had because he’s not living up to the expectations that were created because he built the program from practically scratch into a place where elite basketball talent wants to play. That would a fantastic idea and a major selling point to a potential replacement.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Sadly there is no such thing on urban dictionary. But I did find ‘orange clitoris’ which is said to be the female version of blue balls.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:35 PM
Sadly there is no such thing on urban dictionary. But I did find ‘orange clitoris’ which is said to be the female version of blue balls
Send a link to that SG’s way.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:36 PM
/goes to UD to find some new horrifying phrases to make people click on later in the day
//kids in the sandbox horrified me for life
June 27th, 2011 at 12:36 PM
ATLDan wins.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Opens the door for Sharapova.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:38 PM
Texas would be better off firing the most successful coach they’ve ever had because he’s not living up to the expectations that were created because he built the program from practically scratch into a place where elite basketball talent wants to play.
Tom Penders, valueless? I remember they were an elite 8 team (with Blanks, Mays and Wright) when I was in high school, so like 1990.
It’d be nice if this guy could keep some of these nimrods from being one and done when they need more work, but that’s endemic in college hoops.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:39 PM
my door is already open for the grunter
June 27th, 2011 at 12:42 PM
Opens the door for Sharapova.
I’ll root for Azarenka. Or the german girl who needs money to fix her teeth.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:42 PM
I seriously think someone just made that up and posted it to urbandictionary.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:43 PM
He became valueless when he started leaking the players’ transcripts and medical records to the media, yes.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:44 PM
Nolan Richardson owned sweet Tom.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:45 PM
I seriously think someone just made that up and posted it to urbandictionary.
that’s how all of that stuff gets there. Until somebody got stoned, and then ate a fourth meal while watching softcore porn, there was no such expression as Touching Tacos.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:46 PM
I’d take Afflalo on my team in a heartbeat. Good defender, efficient scorer, solid teammate. Reminds me of Eddie Jones a little (though Afflalo is a better shooter). Dumars was an idiot for letting him get away.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:46 PM
The more you know.
/rainbow’d star
June 27th, 2011 at 12:47 PM
I don’t need to be stoned to think of that
June 27th, 2011 at 12:47 PM
He became valueless when he started leaking the players’ transcripts and medical records to the media, yes.
yeah, but he had value in establishing the program. Old ATLDan had them playing in a high school gym, only halfcourt, until 1998, as if they hadn’t made the tournament each of the 10 prior years.
Tom Penders must have had an easy time recruiting, even though its not easy for this guy.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:47 PM
Why would Hamilton say that unless he thought there was reason for Barnes to say he wasn’t coachable. Even if Barnes is an idiot, and Hamilton has a point, it would make me nervous to pick a guy who after one day in the league is blaming coaches and making excuses, rather than being accountable and go-getting-em
June 27th, 2011 at 12:48 PM
I’d take Afflalo on my team in a heartbeat. Good defender, efficient scorer, solid teammate. Reminds me of Eddie Jones a little (though Afflalo is a better shooter). Dumars was an idiot for letting him get away.
is that the Iverson deal?
June 27th, 2011 at 12:50 PM
This was my night last night but instead of softcore porn it was true blood. MMA Taco Touch.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:51 PM
The iverson deal was for Billups and someone else. Denver traded a second-round pick to Detroit for Afflalo and Walter Sharpe
June 27th, 2011 at 12:52 PM
MMA Taco Touch.
Tara can even ruin lesbian sex.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:52 PM
Denver traded a second-round pick to Detroit for Afflalo and Walter Sharpe
so Dumars didn’t win executive of the year that year, right?
June 27th, 2011 at 12:53 PM
Nope, it was a total salary dump:
June 27th, 2011 at 12:53 PM
so you’re saying Tampa Bo coined “Touching Tacos.”
June 27th, 2011 at 12:53 PM
haha. I know. Time to start killing off some characters. Franklin was trying to do the lords work last season.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:55 PM
I know you’re just being facetious, but in the interest of being correct… they hadn’t. They were 14-17 his last year and in the midst of scandal.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:55 PM
Nope, it was a total salary dump:
to get that sweet, sweet Charlie Villanueva money?
June 27th, 2011 at 12:57 PM
ATLDan’s larger point is that Barnes has turned this into a top-flight program, something Pender nor anyone before him had done. Barnes is the best coach (with all that means in college athletics) the program has ever had. So when you call him a “perpetual joke” with about 100 words of explanation you have basically penned something I would expect to find on Bleacher Report.
June 27th, 2011 at 12:58 PM
I know you’re just being facetious, but in the interest of being correct… they hadn’t. They were 14-17 his last year and in the midst of scandal.
they had a good run under Penders, though. I realize he left in some disgrace, but it was a good job when Rick Barnes took it. And they’d been 10 years out of 12, including a couple of under achieving high seeds. So the standard was already set. Underachieve with talented players and too high a seeding.
June 27th, 2011 at 1:01 PM
So when you call him a “perpetual joke” with about 100 words of explanation you have basically penned something I would expect to find on Bleacher Report.
Oh, I understand it. The EIC is a troll, and he watches about as much college basketball as he does any other sport.
But taking the Texas job and being sent to Siberia were not synonymous in 1998, which is all I’m saying. I disagree with the “practically from scratch” part from ATL Dan.
June 27th, 2011 at 1:01 PM
It’s easy to recruit for the longhorn’s basketball program? Not being a dick, I’m just asking. Football, sure. Basketball, I don’t know.
June 27th, 2011 at 1:02 PM
We are on the same page.
June 27th, 2011 at 1:06 PM
It’s easy to recruit for the longhorn’s basketball program?
it probably is. It’s really easy to be a golden (or tall dark chocolate) god in Austin. That’s a huge college town.
June 27th, 2011 at 1:11 PM
Having 2 players taken 26 and 29 in the “Worst NBA Draft in 20 Years” means Rick Barnes is a joke? C’mon TBL you are better than that.
June 27th, 2011 at 1:20 PM
He was a decent scorer, but hardly a scoring machine. never averaged more than 16ppg.
June 27th, 2011 at 3:53 PM
It was well documented that Hamilton was one of the least athletic players in the Draft.
June 28th, 2011 at 9:29 AM
He’s not coachable and he’s not athletic enough to make a difference in the NBA.