Matt Barnes Calls Out Pat Bev Over D-Wade Disrespect
All The Smoke
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Matt Barnes opens up ATS Unplugged by calling out Patrick Beverley over recent comments about Dwyane Wade, saying the energy behind the debate feels more like clickbait than basketball analysis.
Matt and Vernon “Mad Max” Maxwell also break down why Wade still gets the nod over James Harden for many fans, react to Duke’s late-game collapse in March Madness, debate whether Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Dončić, or Victor Wembanyama deserves MVP, and discuss why Joe Mazzulla belongs in Coach of the Year conversations.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. Welcome back to Unplugged. I got my brother Mad Maximus with me today. Max, I appreciate you, bro. Hey, man, I appreciate you, man. For having me on here, Matt, I look forward to it every damn week. I look forward to you. I'll have me on. Max, how can I not, Max? They love old Max. You better know it. keep reaching out. |
| 0:24.2 | But I... |
| 0:24.6 | Well, please. I have me, Max, how can I not, Max? The, Matt, they love old Max. |
| 0:22.2 | You better know it. |
| 0:23.7 | Hey, keep reaching out. |
| 0:25.3 | But I appreciate it. |
| 0:29.6 | Today I wanted to start the show before we get into it. |
| 0:36.0 | And I've just seen, been seeing this Pat Bev situation and in the D-Wade |
| 0:37.4 | disrespect. And I just wanted to talk about it. And obviously, |
| 0:42.9 | everyone has their rights to their opinion. You know, and to say that James Harden is a better |
| 0:49.9 | to guard than Dwayne Wade is obviously his opinion. I don't think facts back that up. |
| 0:57.0 | I mean, that's no knock on James. I think James is one of the greatest scorers, point guard. |
| 1:01.0 | I think he's with the top 10, where is he top 10 assists? Top 10 scoring. |
| 1:06.0 | Yeah, I mean, James is absolutely incredible. |
| 1:11.5 | And I think it's a fair, fair argument. |
| 1:14.5 | I think why D. Wade possibly gets a nod by a lot of people is because D. Wade played the other end of the basketball as well. |
| 1:20.6 | You know, three all difference of teams. |
| 1:22.8 | And I think he's an all-time leader in shot blocks for a two guard, if I'm not mistaken. |
| 1:27.7 | And, you know, when you talk about the hierarchy of two guards, again, it's just an opinion, |
| 1:31.9 | you put MJ, you put Kobe, you put D. Wade, and then, you know, it's a conversation between |
| 1:36.5 | James Harden and Alan Iverson. So to me, it was less about the rankings of the players they're |
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