The animosity between former Los Angeles Lakers teammates Matt Barnes and Derek Fisher runs deep. The hatred stems from Fisher dating Barnes' now ex-wife, Gloria Govan.
Gloria Govan
Back in October 2015, the two men got into an altercation at the home Barnes and Govan once shared, when the 6' 7", 226 lbs Sacramento Kings player found out Fisher was there.
Matt Barnes with his twin sons
Barnes later told ESPN that he went there out of concern for his 8-year old twin sons, Isaiah and Carter, that was sparked by a phone conversation with one of them.
"I'm like, first of all, why are you still up? It's like 10 o'clock at night," Barnes told ESPN writer Ramona Shelburne at the time. "So I text back, 'I love you and I miss you too.' Then I FaceTimed him. I'm just like, 'Hey, what's up buddy?' Now, Carter is like the rambunctious one. He's always jumping off the walls. And when I saw his face, he was just sitting there, and I knew something was wrong. I was like, 'What's wrong, Carter?' and he shook his head, 'No.' Then he lays his head down on the couch, puts a pillow in front of his face and says, 'Mommy's friend Derek is here. This wasn't a phone call. We were on FaceTime. I could see him and the look on his face."
The beef heated up again this week when Fisher referenced Barnes in a Bleacher Report interview
He was responding to rumors that he can't land another NBA coaching job after the New York Knicks fired him earlier this year, because players don't trust him after he broke an unwritten rule about not getting involved with teammates' families.
"If the worst thing someone has to say about me is that I'm now going out with a woman who used to be married to this guy I worked with for a year six years ago… cool," Fisher told BR.
Barnes shot back in the comment section of a Fisher photo on Bleacher Report's Instagram page.
"He sound real tough on here, didn't sound like that when he was running around my house screaming & pleading," Barnes wrote.
Peep Matt Barnes comment pic.twitter.com/BBMQOKh4tn
— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) January 31, 2017
On Tuesday, January 31, news broke that Fisher's 5 championship rings were stolen during a break-in on Monday. Twitter is now hilariously blaming Barnes for the theft.
Check out some of the comments below.
Derek Fisher's 5 NBA Championship Rings Stolen, Twitter Blames Matt Barnes https://t.co/0rBvdAQZPf pic.twitter.com/LCQ69DtItQ
— Alvin aqua Blanco (@Aqua174) January 31, 2017
Let me find out Matt Barnes stole Derek Fisher's rings
— Antwan Tha Don (@King_Kunta97) January 31, 2017
So Derek Fishers rings are missing the night after Matt Barnes left this comment pic.twitter.com/79H8HGx9j7
— DFS King James (@KingJamesofDfs) January 31, 2017
Everybody Thinks Matt Barnes Stole Derek Fisher’s Championship Rings & It’s Hilarious
— Rainy Day Couture (@RainyDayCo) January 31, 2017
Twitter Thinks Matt Barnes Robbed Derek Fisher
Beig…
Derek Fisher got robbed of 300k in jewelry including his 5 championship rings. I'm about 92% sure Matt Barnes has something to do with it.
— Gabe (@kingofragtime) January 31, 2017
Matt Barnes got 5 rings now
— StreetMoney (@SheLovesBigMane) January 31, 2017
Matt Barnes sent them goons to Derek Fisher crib?! Lmao
— Kevin Terrell (@PearLToine) January 31, 2017
@RTNBA Add 5 steals for Matt Barnes stats
— Purple (@Haytham_Osama) January 31, 2017
Someone stole $300k worth of jewelry & all 5 of Derek Fisher's championship rings. Matt Barnes is already the leading suspect in the case.
— Fake SportsCenter (@FakeSportsCentr) January 31, 2017
Police: and where were you the night the robbery took place?
— Positive Vibes (@Versaceking25) January 31, 2017
Matt Barnes: ........... pic.twitter.com/Lz6U0cjXSj
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