Ex-NBA player Matt Barnes loses TV analyst gig following incident with high school broadcaster: report

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.

Former NBA star Matt Barnes has been an analyst for the Sacramento Kings on NBC Sports California since 2021 but reportedly lost the gig due to an incident at his sons' high school basketball game.

On Feb. 2, Barnes' twin sons, who play for Crespi High School, were playing a road game against Harvard-Westlake when one of the Barnes brothers was called for a technical foul.

Barnes, 43, yelled at officials, then went to the announcers' table, where he put his hands on Jake Lancer, the Harvard-Westlake student broadcasting the game.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Matt Barnes attends a game between New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces July 6, 2022, at vivint.SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City.  (Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images)

Lancer told a freelance reporter that Barnes threatened to slap him, according to The Sacramento Bee.

That incident cost Barnes his analyst role, the paper reported, citing an NBC Sports California spokesperson.

VIEW THE MOMENT ON X.

"I’ve yelled at the refs my entire college career, my 15-year NBA career. I coach AAU in the summertime, I have high school boys and I have a 5-year-old coming down the pipeline. So, I’m going to be doing a lot of yelling at the refs," Barnes said on the Feb. 13 edition of "The Dan LeBatard Show."

"This particular incident — I will say my one mistake was putting my hand on [Lancer’s] shoulder. A lot of people want to say I grabbed this kid, or I did this. I literally put my hand on this kid’s shoulder because it was almost like I was talking to my son.

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jeff Green, left, knocks the ball away from Phoenix Suns forward Matt