Nitro Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 If Matt Barnes and Michael Beasley need lockout jobs, might I suggest crowd control or security. To recap, Beasley mushed a heckler in New York on Thursday night after yelling "I get paid to do this" during a game in New York. No idea if he meant paid to handle hecklers or paid to play ball, but either one works. And just a few hours later, Barnes pulled a modified Beasley, reportedly punching a player at an exhibition game in San Francisco. Remember, this was all within a span of about two hours. Here's what Sam Amick had to say. Note the use of the #That'sSoBeasley hashtag, which sums up the situation quite well. So I'm hearing that Matt Barnes got into some form of fisticuffs at the SF Pro-Am #That'ssoBeasley. Followed by this tweet and picture from someone in attendance. At SF Pro-AM and Matt Marnes just punched this dude in the face. The crowd goes crazy LINK Video after: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3KeUgh6t0g Him and Beasley are [expletive]ing retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted August 6, 2011 Owner Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 If you guys can remember, Barnes slapped a coach around the same time last year, probably in the same building. No surprise. Both him and Beasley are jackasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenneral Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 video doesn't show anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted August 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 video doesn't show anything? Which is why I said "video after:", meaning that's video of the scene after the punch was thrown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Apparently Minnesota Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley wasn't the only NBA player who lost his cool in a summer game Thursday night. Beasley pushed a heckling fan in the face during a streetball game against Kevin Durant's team in New York, but on the other side of the country, Los Angeles Lakers forward Matt Barnes' victim was another player. Barnes reportedly punched an opponent during a San Francisco Pro-Am game Thursday, according to San Francisco's KGO TV. "He elbowed me and pushed me, so he got one," Barnes told ESPN.com college basketball writer Diamond Leung. "People just think they can talk any way or do anything to ... me. You can't. You can't do that, 'cause you know people are men out here. So if you think you're going to come out here and punk someone, that s--- ain't happening." Barnes said that he wasn't the instigator and was just protecting himself. "That's part of the game, man. It's physical," he said. "You know what I mean? People come out here and think they can beat and push on me. There's only so much I'm going to take. I'm a grown man first, so if you think you're going to come out here and rough me up and cheap-shot, I'm not having that s---." Barnes wasn't ejected from the game, and eventually hit the game-winning shot. "They got tangled up," a San Francisco police officer who was in attendance told Leung about the incident involving Barnes. "A couple guys took swings. Both connected. It got broken up. They didn't eject him. Different rules here, I guess." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNextBestThing Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 He's trying to break into the Lakers' starting five. A prerequisite is punching somebody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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