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Matt Barnes says he doesn't count the ring he won with 2016-17 Warriors

NBA veteran Matt Barnes capped off a 14-year career in the league with the achievement many veterans are desperate to experience before their playing days are over: an NBA championship with the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors.

And yet, Barnes doesn’t quite see it that way.

During an episode of his All the Smoke podcast with fellow NBA vet Stephen Jackson, Barnes had something to say when guest Tracy McGrady said getting a ring via the 2013 San Antonio Spurs — for whom he played a total of 31 postseason minutes — would not have been satisfying.