Matt Barnes on Altercation With Derek Fisher: “I handled it like a man”

Golden State Warrors forward Matt Barnes joines Scoop B Radio and discussed feud with Derek Fisher. Photo Credit: NBA.com

Golden State Warriors forward and NBA Champion Matt Barnes dropped by Scoop B Radio with Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson

Matt Barnes has had an enjoyable year. He won a championship this summer as a member of the Golden State Warriors.

He’s sitting on top of the world!

Always outspoken and larger than life, the Warriors’ defensive specialist was once heavily criticised a couple of years ago when word surfaced that he paid a visit to former NBA’er Derek Fisher. The two got into a heavily publicized fight.

“I’m a man and I’m gonna do what a man’s gonna do,” Matt Barnes told me on Scoop B Radio. “So that doesn’t make me a bad person.”

Barnes, then a member of the Memphis Grizzlies and Fisher, then the head coach of the Knicks got into a fist fight in Los Angeles after Barnes was tipped off that Fisher was spending time in a romantic way with with Gloria Govan, Barnes’ ex wife and former Basketball Wives LA star.

“I think any real man would’ve done the same thing that I did,” said Barnes. “At the same time, I got a lot of respect for it from men, from the NFL, Major League baseball, rappers, every player that you can think of, referees, GMs, owners, all said the same thing. But the people who are not in that circle that just look at it as ‘oh Matt Barnes is fighting again, you know they kinda just added to every other negative thing that they think about me.”

Derek Fisher and Matt Barnes as members of the Los Angeles Lakers. Photo Credit: New York Post

Fisher and Barnes were teammates on the Los Angeles Lakers for two seasons. Cops were called, but according to all accounts, Fisher left before they arrived. “But at the end of the day, I knew what it was about,” said Barnes.

“I know why I did it. It was a bad situation and I did what I did. Like I said, I handled it like a man and it should have ended there, I shouldn’t have gotten told on and snitched on and all this other kind of stuff, but it is what it is and it’s in the past now. My ex and I have moved past it. Our goal is to raise our kids and make sure that they’re happy.”

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Brandon Robinson

Brandon 'Scoop B' Robinson is a managing editor and columnist at RESPECT Magazine. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopB and Instagram: @Scoop_B. As a 12 year old, he was a Nets reporter from 1997-1999, co-hosting a show called Nets Slammin' Planet with former New Jersey Net Albert King and Nets play-by-play man Chris Carrino. He's also been a writer and radio host at CBS and a staff writer at The Source Magazine. He's a graduate of both Eastern University and Hofstra University. You can catch him daily on the Scoop B Radio Podcast. Visit ScoopBRadio.com to listen. For inquiries and to contact Brandon 'Scoop B' Robinson visit ScoopB.com