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Matt Barnes Trending Following Today’s Derek Fisher News

New York Knicks head coach Derek Fisher, right, gives his team instructions as Memphis Grizzlies forward Matt Barnes (22) argues with referee Kane Fitzgerald (5) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Grizzlies won 91-85. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Matt Barnes has to be celebrating today.

After a few seasons as head coach of WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks, it was announced on Tuesday afternoon that Derek Fisher has been relieved of his duty.

After the Derek Fisher news was announced, Matt Barnes was trending all over social media.

While Matt Barnes and Derek Fisher will forever be linked after Barnes tried to fight Fisher when realizing he was sleeping with his ex, the two have since buried the hatchet.

“But when Barnes’ sons told him they love Derek and wanted them to be friends,” wrote Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic. “Barnes had to be tough enough to forgive. When Fisher showed up to one of the boys’ games, he and Barnes stepped aside and had a hard conversation. The kind real ones have.”

Matt Barnes revealed what he told Derek Fisher when they had their reconciliation.

“I know it was a tough situation,” Barnes said he told Fisher. “You can’t help who you fall for. But there’s definitely a way you could have handled it. You could have come to me and been a man and we could have avoided a lot. I wouldn’t have liked it, but I would have definitely respected it. Because like I said, at the end of the day, my ex is beautiful, she’s gonna move on and find someone. So that happens to be you. That’s a tough conversation, but it’s better. It’s better than the alternative where I have to track you down and put hands on you.”

Still, Matt Barnes has to be a little happy about today’s Derek Fisher news. At least deep down.


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