Tristan Thompson has earned the ire of one of his former NBA adversaries.
A recent report in Us Weekly claimed that Thompson, who was embroiled last month in a cheating scandal on girlfriend Khloe Kardashian, tried to explain to Kardashian that he felt pressured not to turn down all the women throwing themselves at him. This was due to the “unspoken rule in the NBA that players hook up with groupies on the road,” Thompson supposedly reasoned.
On Friday, retired longtime NBA swingman Matt Barnes posted a screenshot of the report on Instagram and tore into Thompson with a vulgar caption.
“I’ve been hearing this a lot this last couple days,” Barnes wrote in the post. “‘IF’ dude really said this……?? This is sucka s— straight up!! If no one else will say it! You f—ed up take it on the chin dawg.. Don’t try & throw everyone else under the bus! #WhoRaisedTheseN—-s”
The cheating scandal definitely caused quite an uproar when it first broke last month. But now that Thompson allegedly tried to point a finger at the greater culture of the NBA in order to justify his actions, it’s not too surprising that he was called out by Barnes, a player who was always known for keeping it real.
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