Matt Barnes has at all times been extremely opinionated on vital matters. So, it’s not arduous to imagine that the previous NBA participant goals of changing into a mayor or governor sometime. 

Throughout an interview with Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel, the NBA champion revealed that he desires to run for workplace by the point he turns 50. 

“I simply turned 43 yesterday, and I gave myself a objective again in my 30s that by the point I flip 50, I wished to run for some form of workplace, whether or not that be mayor or governor or no matter it might be,” Barnes mentioned on Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel, cited by TMZ. “It might be refreshing. It’s not one thing folks anticipate, however I do know I could make a distinction.”

The 43-year-old added: “I nonetheless acquired seven years earlier than that point is up. Greater than something, whether or not I find yourself taking over that problem that I gave myself 10 years in the past or not, I simply need to proceed to indicate folks hope, give folks alternatives, and encourage the youth, as a result of I really feel like in our communities, it’s a must to see it to imagine it. I at all times need to be an emblem of hope—of somebody who made it out of powerful circumstances.”

If Barnes decides to hunt a profession as a politician, he wouldn’t be the primary NBA participant to take action. Invoice Bradley, who performed for the New York Knicks throughout the ‘60s–’70s, loved a post-NBA profession as a U.S. Senator. Dave Bing, a former Detroit Piston, was elected mayor of Detroit in 2009. All-Star and former Phoenix Suns level guard Kevin Johnson was elected mayor of Sacramento, California, serving two phrases. 

Barnes was drafted out of UCLA within the second spherical of the 2002 NBA draft. He performed 16 seasons for a number of groups. In 2017, his remaining season, Barnes gained a championship as a member of the Golden State Warriors. 

Watch Barnes’s interview in its entirety under.