According to reports, Matt Barnes has been removed from his analyst position on Sacramento Kings broadcasts. An NBC Sports California spokesperson told the news to The Sacramento Bee.
According to The Bee, Barnes, the former 14-year NBA pro who played for the Kings twice, will no longer appear on NBC Sports California’s pre-and post-game coverage of the Kings. NBCSC and The Bee gave no concrete reason for Barnes’ dismissal, but the publication did mention a recent incident between Barnes, AAU referees, and a student broadcaster.
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Weeks ago, Barnes attended a youth basketball game between Crespi Carmelite High School and Harvard-Westlake School. The Los Angeles Times reported Barnes interacted with Harvard-Westlake student announcer Jake Lancer after one of his sons was whistled for a technical foul. Video posted to X showed Barnes and Lancer interact, though the noisy arena makes it difficult to hear what’s said.
Barnes gave his side of the story on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz.
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“I was yelling at the refs, Dan. I’ve yelled at the refs my entire college career, my 15-year NBA career,” Barnes said via The Bee. “I coach AAU in the summertime, I have high school boys, and I have a 5-year-old coming down the pipeline, so I’m going to be doing a lot of yelling at the refs. This particular incident — I will say my one mistake was putting my hand on (the student broadcaster’s) shoulder. A lot of people want to say I grabbed this kid or I did this — I literally put my hand on this kid’s shoulder because it was almost like I was talking to my son.
“He told me to sit my a- down. I was just like, ‘Why do you feel comfortable to be able to tell a grown man to sit his a- down?’ So he and I had a little back and forth, and obviously, admitting my faults to even touch him was wrong of me. But I want to make clear that the narrative of me as some guy that beats up people, I want people to know I didn’t body slam this kid. I didn’t choke slam him. I didn’t do any of the sort. I literally put my hand on his shoulder like I was talking to one of my sons. And, again, for touching him, I was wrong. But I just didn’t like the disrespect that came with the entitlement where they felt like they could say anything to me.”
The situation escalated but Lancer maintained that he was never disrespectful. “I want to make it very clear that I never told him to ‘shut up’ or anything close to that, he came up to me,” Lancer said. “All I wanted to do in the moment was get back to announcing the championship game.”
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