Matt Barnes: “I was in Sacramento (his hometown) at the time. Baron Davis called me (and said), ‘Hey, we’re gonna have an open run at the facility (in Oakland). If you’re not doing nothing, come down.’ I wasn’t doing nothing. Hopped in my car, drove down an hour and a half. Played well — not knowing that Nellie (Warriors coach Don Nelson) was watching the whole time upstairs through the offices. We finished playing, he comes down, tells me I played well (and asks) where I’m going to camp. I was just like, ‘You know coach, I don’t really have any plans.’ He told me, he’s like, ‘I can’t promise you anything. I think we have 16 guarantees and 19 people coming to training camp, but if you play like you did today I’ll give you a chance.’ And that was the first time a coach really had a conversation with me. That’s all I needed.