Redemption

It was pretty universally accepted that Rick Barnes aggressively screwed up his team's chances in the NCAA tournament even though he had the best college basketball player in history. And indeed, "Watching Barnes manage the second half of the Kansas game was like watching Principal Ed Rooney handle the Ferris Bueller situation." However, the man made quite a comeback today in my book with this gem on his ex-ass-saver Kevin Durant and the whispers that Durant's stock was dropping because he showed up to pre-draft workouts weak and out of shape:

"If people question his strength, they're stupid," Barnes said Tuesday. "If they are looking for weight lifters to come out of Texas, that's not what we're producing. There are a lot of guys who can bench press 300 pounds in the NBA who couldn't play dead in a cowboy movie. Kevin's the best player in the draft – period, at any position."

That is an aggressively true statement. Nice job Rick.