Former teammates on the Los Angeles Lakers, Matt Barnes and Derek Fisher, got into a physical altercation over the weekend. According to reports, the incident happened when Fisher was at Barnes’ ex-wife’s home. Matt Barnes is currently a member of the Memphis Grizzlies and Derek Fisher is the head coach of the New York Knicks.
Fisher missed practice on Monday according to the Knicks twitter account due to personal reasons.
Derek Fisher was not at practice due to personal reasons – expected back tomorrow. Arron Afflalo (sore left hamstring) did not practice.
— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) October 5, 2015
Following from Ian Mohr of the New York Post.
Knicks coach Derek Fisher is involved in a romantic relationship with the estranged wife of his former teammate Matt Barnes — and when Barnes found out over the weekend, he allegedly attacked Fisher, sources tell Page Six.
Sources said Fisher was at the LA home of Gloria Govan — Barnes’ estranged wife, who stars on “Basketball Wives LA” — on Saturday. Fisher and Govan have been dating for “a few months,” a source said, after Fisher filed to divorce his wife of 10 years, Candace, in March.
But when Barnes learned that Fisher was at his former home with Gloria, he drove 95 miles to LA to “beat the s–t” out of Fisher, sources said.
“Derek was in Gloria’s back yard with about 10 people having a bonfire on Saturday,” said a source. “Derek’s separated from his wife and there’s a relationship with [Gloria].”
The source added, “Barnes was in Santa Barbara [at Memphis Grizzlies training camp] and heard that Fisher was in his house. He went crazy. He got in his car and went to the house and went after Fisher.”
Another source said, “Someone told Matt that Fisher was at the house and he drove down there — he went over to confront Derek.”
A source close to Fisher confirmed the fight but said, “Matt came after Derek but he only had a few scratches … Derek’s not going to press charges, he’s going to let it go.”
Fisher left the scene before cops arrived, and we hear that Govan’s planning to file a restraining order.
Another source said that the altercation was the reason Fisher missed Knicks practice on Monday — but others said that he had been traveling back to New York on Sunday and was delayed because of plane trouble. The Knicks tweeted on Monday that Fisher was “not at practice due to personal reasons — expected back tomorrow.” He was in LA visiting his kids.
Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski confirmed the report.
As @NYPost reports, there was physical confrontation between NY coach Derek Fisher, Griz's Matt Barnes Saturday in LA. NBA security is aware
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) October 7, 2015
NBA security didn't find out about an alleged Barnes-Fisher confrontation at home of Barnes' estranged wife until today, sources tell Yahoo.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) October 7, 2015
And that’s all for today’s drama. The interesting part in this is that the NBA security is involved so who knows what might happen next for Barnes or Fisher this upcoming season.
