When the NBA announced Tuesday that they would not suspend Oklahoma City power forward Serge Ibaka for his below-the-belt hit on Los Angeles Clippers Blake Griffin, fellow players expressed outrage. Miami Heat teammates LeBron James and Dwayne Wade along with Clippers Matt Barnes took to Twitter to express their confusion in the league only fining [...]
Matt Barnes Used Homophobic Slur When Arrested
October 3, 2012 | Posted by
Los Angeles Clippers forward Matt Barnes used a homophobic slur at a police officer during his arrest in late July. The police dashboard video, which was obtained by TMZ.com, shows Barnes waiting on the side of the road with his wife in the presence of a couple of Manhattan Beach (Calif.) police officers. Much of [...]
Volatile Forward Matt Barnes Yet To Rule Out A Return To The LA Lakers
September 1, 2012 | Posted by
Free agent small forward Matt Barnes hasn’t ruled out a return to the Los Angeles Lakers despite a July arrest. “[The Lakers] are one of the teams we are talking to,” he told TMZ.com. “There are a couple of other teams. Hopefully we’ll get this arrest situation out of the way so I can go [...]
Ex-Laker Matt Barnes Arrested, Threatened Cop
July 31, 2012 | Posted by
Free-agent forward Matt Barnes, who played the last two seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, was arrested late Monday night on an outstanding misdemeanor traffic warrant and for allegedly threatening a police officer. Barnes, a nine-year NBA veteran, was apprehended “as he was walking on a busy thoroughfare in the city about 20 miles southwest [...]
