Matt Barnes Allegedly Threatened to Slap High School Student After His Son Gets a Tech During Basketball Game

Many people know NBA champion Matt Barnes as a tenacious defensive basketball star who played aggressively on the court and was an all-around bad boy off the court. Those bad boy ways did not disappear after his retirement in 2017. Every now and again, when Barnes’ temper explodes, someone often catches the former All-America player’s wrath. Just ask young Jake Lancer, a student announcer who found himself on the wrong side of Barnes’ favor. Lancer was working the Harvard-Westlake Wolverines versus Crespi Carmelite Celts high school basketball& game in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb. 2. Matt Barnes said there are NBA and NFL owners who are just as racist as former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. (Photo: Allen Berezovsky / Getty Images Entertainment via Getty Images) The game’s stakes were high, as it was the Mission League championship, and seemed like a pre-NCAA game. Carter Barnes, the son of Barnes, is a player for Crespi, under the coaching of former Lakers guard Derek Fisher, who is now married to the teen’s mother, Gloria Govan. In the same game, Christian Horry, son of seven-time NBA champion Robert Horry, showcased his skills for Harvard-Westlake, sinking three three-pointers in the opening quarter....