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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Ballers, beauties, artists, fashion designers, entertainment & Technology industry elite and more gathered under one roof for the first ever “E-Motion Art Show” inside Agora 517 in Downtown Los Angeles. The exclusive creative experience, presented by Greenberg Glusker and produced by Echoing Soundz, featured never before seen pieces of some of the greatest professional athletes to step on the basketball court such as Kobe Bryant, Stephen Curry, James Harden as well as today’s iconic music celebrities such as DJ Khaled, Prince, Drake, Dr. Dre and more, by Sports/Celebrity Photographer Cassy Athena and Celebrity sanctioned artists Art Mobb and Califawnia.

Tahiry

Cassy Athena and Matt Barnes

Christina Milian and Friends

Celebrity guests in attendance included Matt Barnes, Christina Milian, Actor/Artist Quincy, Actor/Artist Trevor Jackson, Celebrity Stylist EJ King, Tahiry, Kalin White (Kalin & Myles), NFL athletes Omar Bolden and Duke Ihenacho, NBA ballers Isaiah Austin, Eric Moreland, Jordan Hamilton, Delon Wright, Bobby Brown, Craig Smith and Dennis Graham, as well as Sebastian Wolski (Bravo’s, Million Dollar Listing New York). This series of the “E-Motion Art Show” was a collaboration of celebrity photographic portraits by Cassy Athena, bigger-than-life handcrafted leathers, pearls, mind-blowing Plexiglass, bejeweled chromed basketball hoops and more by Art Mobb and Califawnia, plus an unveiled abstract art installation by first-timer Echo Hattix.

Quincy and Echo Hattix

Cassy and Eric Moreland

Art Mobb, Cassy Athena and Califawnia

Attendees also enjoyed an open bar, hosted by Earl Stevens Selections (E-40), Boosie Juice (Lil Boosie) and Hula Girl Beverages and enjoyed giveaways sponsored by Amber Rose Eyewear, Night Shift, Rim Ryders, Popular Demand, Pink Dolphin, Been Broke Before and Rich & Rotten clothing, in addition to the evening’s soundtrack curated by DJ Looney Go Ham.

Work by Art Mobb

Drake’s Dad Dennis Graham and Cassy Athena

Boosie Juice (Lil Boosie)

Bartended holding bottle of Earl Stevens Selections (E-40) wine

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