Want to know what Matt Barnes thinks about Derek Fisher? Just ask him. Ever since the two former teammates reportedly got into a fight back in October 2015 because Fisher started dating Barnes’ ex Gloria Govan, the NBA free agent-to-be has been more than happy to discuss the situation. He’s addressed it in social media posts. He’s spoken about it with TMZ cameramen. He’s even talked about it with NBA reporters and gotten fined thousands of dollars for keeping it a little bit too real.
But Barnes has never really sat down for a lengthy interview to talk about exactly what happened with Fisher. Until now. He recently agreed to do an interview with 'Hollywood Unlocked Uncensored,' a new radio show hosted by Love & Hip Hop Hollywood star/TheHollywoodUnlocked.com founder Jason Lee, Melyssa Ford, and DoBoy. The three peppered Barnes with question after question about the Fisher situation, and, to Barnes’ credit, he didn’t back down from any of them. His answers were pretty thoughtful and showed there was more to the situation than just what was originally reported.
You can listen to Barnes discuss the Fisher situation in the video at the top of this post (the discussion begins at around 45:30 and ends at 51:30—and just a warning, there is a lot of NSFW language used throughout the interview). We have also included some of Barnes' best quotes from the interview below:
On how Barnes wishes Fisher and Govan had told him they were in a relationship prior to him finding out about it from one of his sons:
On what went through Barnes' head when he first found out Fisher and Govan were dating:
On how Barnes' fight with Fisher could have been worse:
On how Barnes' fight with Fisher could have been much worse:
On what Barnes thinks about Fisher and Govan’s relationship now:
Elsewhere in the interview, Barnes also addresses his rift with Rihanna and talks about where he wants to play next season. Check out the full interview to hear more.
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