Milwaukee Bucks guard,O.J. Mayo was suspended for one game on Saturday for "forcibly striking" New Orleans Pelicans big man Greg Stiemsma during Friday night's contest, per Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix.
This should mark the end of a brief—but ugly—incident. Fights occasionally happen, the league steps in, metes out punishment, and everyone involved moves on.
But it seems that no NBA altercation is finished until Los Angeles Clippers wing Matt Barnes has his say. The controversial small forward took to Twitter to comment on a game he wasn't involved in, stirring up a hornet's nest by saying Stiemsma probably deserved a punch:
Incredible.
Let this be a lesson to everyone on social media: If you're about to begin a comment with the words, "Without looking at it, I think...," please delete said comment immediately.
For those of you who are interested in actually looking at it, here's a video of the incident in question:
Shockingly, Mayo—the perpetrator of the incident in question—showed far more remorse than Barnes.&nb ...
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Matt Barnes Thinks Greg Stiemsma Deserved to Get Punched by O.J. Mayo
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