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Allen Iverson taught Matt Barnes how to ‘make it rain’ at strip clubs

By Patrick Schmidt

Apr 7, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers forward Matt Barnes (22) reacts after being called for a foul against the Los Angeles Lakers during the fourth quarter at Staples Center. The Los Angeles Clippers won 105-100. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 7, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers forward Matt Barnes (22) reacts after being called for a foul against the Los Angeles Lakers during the fourth quarter at Staples Center. The Los Angeles Clippers won 105-100. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports /
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Thanks to Allen Iverson, Matt Barnes sure knows how to have a good time at a strip club.

Life in the NBA can be hell on a rookie, so that’s why it’s so important to have a veteran leader on the team to take the young player under his wing and show him the ropes of what it means to be a professional.

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This can mean helpful on-court stuff like showing a player how to train in the offseason so you’re in shape when you report for training camp to how to better yourself by watching film of your own game and your opponent to pick up helpful tips.

Most important, they can teach you the ropes away from the court and show you how to manage your time in between games to financial responsibility so you don’t end up bankrupt three years after you’re out of the league.

In the case of Matt Barnes, he was thankful to have Allen Iverson show him the ropes when he was first in the league and you’ll never guess where his lessons in fiscal responsibility took place.

Yep, none other than the strip club where many people learn about the differences between an inelastic product and an elastic product and how and where to spend your money.

Sports Illustrated’s Chris Ballard, wrote about the polarizing Clippers forward and unearthed this gem from Barnes about his time with The Answer and how he taught him how to make it rain.

“Allen was the first guy that showed me how NBA players spend money in strip clubs,” Barnes says. “That guy went. HARD. He’d throw so much money, and this was when I was first in the league, that I used to take my foot and scoop the s— under my chair and either re-throw it or put some in my pocket. He’d throw $30,000, $40,000 every time we went. I’m like, ‘You realize what I can do with this money?’”

I bet you wish you got to go to a strip club with Iverson and pick up some stray bills like Barnes did. I know I would have used my foot and scooped some bills under my chair like Barnes.

If only Iverson had someone to teach him some fiscal responsibility when he was in the league, because he could have avoided some of the financial troubles he encounters in recent years. In 2012, a report circulated that Iverson was bankrupt and blew through all of his money he made in the NBA.

Turns out he has a “Reebok trust fund” that pays him $1 million annually because he had a friend in his inner circle recognize that Iverson would blow through all his money and have nothing left. Something tells me he must have seen Iverson throw $40,000 in the air at strip clubs and knew something had to be done to protect him from himself.

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