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New York Post — Knicks coach Derek Fisher is involved in a romantic relationship with the estranged wife of his former teammate Matt Barnes — and when Barnes found out over the weekend, he allegedly attacked Fisher, sources tell Page Six. Sources said Fisher was at the LA home of Gloria Govan — Barnes’ estranged wife, who stars on “Basketball Wives LA” — on Saturday. Fisher and Govan have been dating for “a few months,” a source said, after Fisher filed to divorce his wife of 10 years, Candace, in March. But when Barnes learned that Fisher was at his former home with Gloria, he drove 95 miles to LA to “beat the s–t” out of Fisher, sources said.
“Derek was in Gloria’s back yard with about 10 people having a bonfire on Saturday,” said a source. “Derek’s separated from his wife and there’s a relationship with [Gloria].”
The source added, “Barnes was in Santa Barbara [at Memphis Grizzlies training camp] and heard that Fisher was in his house. He went crazy. He got in his car and went to the house and went after Fisher.”
Another source said, “Someone told Matt that Fisher was at the house and he drove down there — he went over to confront Derek.”
A source close to Fisher confirmed the fight but said, “Matt came after Derek but he only had a few scratches … Derek’s not going to press charges, he’s going to let it go.”
Fisher left the scene before cops arrived, and we hear that Govan’s planning to file a restraining order. Another source said that the altercation was the reason Fisher missed Knicks practice on Monday — but others said that he had been traveling back to New York on Sunday and was delayed because of plane trouble. The Knicks tweeted on Monday that Fisher was “not at practice due to personal reasons — expected back tomorrow.” He was in LA visiting his kids.
The NBA, where you can’t coach the Triangle but you can run it on your old teammate’s ex-wife, happens #WhereAmazingHappens
Just a surreal story out of New York today as the Knicks get ready to kick off the preseason tonight. Here I am all hyped for the MSG debut of The Chosen One a.k.a. The Latvian Larry Bird a.k.a. #Knickstaps, my new best friend and favorite athlete in the world Kristaps Porzingis. Next thing you know Twitter gets set on fire by this. Captain of the Fake Tough Guys Matt Barnes is ripping up the 105 on his way to do his whole “hold me back” routine to Derek Fisher for fucking his ex wife. You really can’t make this shit up.
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W.E.B.B.I.E DuBois (@fivefifths) October 07, 2015
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