[Sac Bee] Matt Barnes removed from Sacramento Kings TV broadcast lineup on NBC Sports California

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1. > An NBC Sports California spokesperson told The Sacramento Bee Matt Barnes will no longer be appearing on the network
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   > Barnes attended the game between Crespi Carmelite and Harvard-Westlake. The Los Angeles Times reported Barnes engaged Harvard-Westlake student announcer Jake Lancer during the school’s live stream broadcast after one of his sons was whistled for a technical foul. Video posted to social media showed Barnes putting his right hand on Lancer’s shoulder before other adults intervened. Barnes allegedly threatened to slap Lancer. “He said, ‘What do you think you’re looking at?’” Lancer told freelance sports reporter Jack Pollon. “And I said, ‘You’re screaming you’re a (expletive) to the refs mid game while I’m trying to announce, don’t touch me,’ and then he said, ‘I’ll slap the s— out of you.’”
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2. More time to watch his son’s high school games. Win win!

3. Sactown’s
   🐆
   Finest

4. He mistook him for D-fish.

5. On brand.

6. What a clown. Gave a good gig cause you wanted to act tough in front of kids.

7. Another reminder that half of these mf wouldn’t be able to hold a job at McDonalds if they were 5’10”.

8. This dude is actually unhinged. Always doing goofy shit like this

9. Finally some good news. 👏

10. Used to say on his podcast that he wants to get into politics. Not sure if this worsens or improves his odds.

11. When keeping it real goes wrong.

12. Just fake tough guy shit.

13. L

14. He and Jackson has trash podcast!

15. I’m shocked that the guy who’s been involved in dozens of high-profile lapses in judgment has done it again.

16. What is it with Kings’ announcers?

17. “violence is never the answer, but sometimes it is”

18. Matt Barnes, Stephen Jackson, etc. don’t strike me as well adjusted adults that are fit for corporate jobs. NBC got exactly what it deserved. These guys have a long track record of this stuff.

19. He has been an immature clown forever. Nothing has changed.

20. Does he have legit mental illness or is he just a true idiot?

21. I have a friend who does massage for a living and told me dude is a complete dick head. She went to his house multiple times and he was always a prick. Didn’t get into specifics and I didn’t ask and she probably won’t go publicly about it while she’s still in the biz. But yeah. Dude sucks

22. Matt Barnes is a racist. It is crazy how nobody talks about how he defended Desean Jacksons racism.

23. I saw him at SF Pro-Am when I was like 12 and when I asked him for his autograph, he told me to, and I quote: “shut the fuck up little kid” and walked away.

    Good to see he hasn’t changed whatsoever

24. Becky with the good hair

25. Wait so his son got called for a tech and Matt got mad at the announcer? I don’t understand

26. This dude’s hypocrisy is next level. He’s a spectator at a high school game, he should sit his ass down. Acting like he’s entitled to yell at the refs, and walk onto the court like we should all just accept that because he’s Matt Barnes. When called on it, even if the kid did, he wonders why they feel entitled to talk to him like that?

    Matt Barnes you ain’t a grown ass man, you are an overgrown baby. Sit your bitch ass down.

27. Mother fucker is unhinged.  

    Feel sorry for his kids.  

28. There you go Becky with the Good Hair

29. 30 hours

30. the kid really handled it like a pro, made matt look even worse because he was so composed