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Matt Barnes Shares He Spoke Out In Defense Of Ime Udoka Without Having All Of The Facts–Says He Deleted His Post After Learning More Details About The Situation

<p>Late Thursday&comma; <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;matt-barnes-says-the-celtics-decision-to-suspend-ime-udoka-for-the-entire-upcoming-season-was-a-terrible-decision&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Matt Barnes<&sol;a><&sol;strong> took to social media to share his thoughts on the suspension of <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;celtics-head-coach-ime-udoka-apologizes-after-team-suspension-for-violating-code-of-conduct-with-intimate-relationship-at-work&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Ime Udoka<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&period; As previously reported&comma; Matt said he thought the Boston Celtics made a terrible decision by suspending Udoka for the entire NBA season&period; Now Matt is issuing an apology while saying he spoke without having all of the details&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Matt took to the gram to share that he deleted his original post where he said the Boston Celtics made a terrible decision of suspending Ime Udoka for the entire season because he spoke out without having all of the facts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Ci20GCgJtYR&sol;&quest;hl&equals;en">said<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;This situation in Boston is deep&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s messy&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s a hundred times uglier than any of us thought and that&&num;8217&semi;s why I erased what I said&period; Some things happened that I can&&num;8217&semi;t condone&comma; I can&&num;8217&semi;t back and it&&num;8217&semi;s not my place to tell you what happened&period; If it ends up coming out&comma; it ends up coming out&comma; but that&&num;8217&semi;s the reason I erased my post last night&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Matt said he received a call from someone who filled him in on all of the details after he made his post&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Ci2-SmmuRxN&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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- 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>As <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;matt-barnes-says-the-celtics-decision-to-suspend-ime-udoka-for-the-entire-upcoming-season-was-a-terrible-decision&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">previously<&sol;a><&sol;em> reported&comma; in his now-deleted post&comma; Matt said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I played in the league for a long time&period; Anyone in the league could tell you this is a very common situation&period; This is not new news for people who’ve been in the league or around organizations&period; I’ve seen it from owners to executives&comma; to coaches&comma; to players&comma; to trainers&comma; to therapists&comma; to dancers&comma; to PR ladies&period; This is not uncommon&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also spoke about Udoka getting a one-year suspension like Robert Sarver&comma; and they were suspended for two completely different things&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; 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