Matt Barnes is paying for his words directed at James Harden’s mom during game 2 of the Clippers/Rockets playoff series. The NBA came down hard on him today, hitting him with a fine of $50,000!
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As you already know by now, Barnes said some very disrespectful things to Harden’s mom after he picked up a technical foul for bumping Harden on the court. Barnes allegedly told her “suck my d*ck, b*tch” and when the game ended, her older son confronted Barnes and demanded he go apologize, and Barnes did.
The NBA clearly wasn’t satisfied with that and fined him the $50K earlier today, but Barnes is saying he wasn’t the instigator to begin with.
According to the Houston Chronicle, “Barnes said today that he didn’t know it was Harden’s mother and that he has spoken with her twice since the incident. Barnes also said reports of what he said aren’t accurate. “We’ve spoken twice since the incident,” Barnes said. “She said something. I said something back. I spoke to her at halftime and after the game. “What I said was said, what she said was said. It doesn’t matter what was said, we both said something. “What’s crazy is fans can say anything and everything. Things about our wives, our kids, anything. We say one thing, and they run and tell, and next thing you know (I’m fined)…”
