From Ramona Shelburn (condensed from tweets:
https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne):
Updates on Matt Barnes story. Source tells ESPN he was in LA, not Santa Barbara when he learned Fisher was at his house.
Barnes HAD been in Santa Barbara w/ the Grizz. But he was in LA by time he got a call from one of his twins that Fisher was at the house
Just got off the phone with @matt_barnes22 about his run in with Derek Fisher last weekend.
Barnes said he was in Marina Del Ray when he got a text from his 6-year old son Carter around 10 p.m. that had him concerned.
Carter is normally rambunctious. But when he Facetimed him, "his head was down on the couch" and he said, ‘Mommies friend Derek is here.’"
Barnes said he Factimed his 6-year old son Carter to check on him and "When I saw his face I knew something was wrong."
"I can’t believe people think I was some maniac driving 95 miles and listening to Tupac to go beat somebody up," Barnes said.
“We were on Facetime. I could see him and the look on his face.” Barnes said of Carter. "That was my main reason for going over there"
Barnes: "I live 15 minutes away and I was going over to check on my kids because they seemed uncomfortable. "
Barnes said he, his ex-wife and kids had driven together from Santa Barbara earlier in the day after the Grizzlies finished training camp
He declined comment on the specifics of the altercation that ensued between he and Fisher.
Barnes on his relationship with Fisher: "We were close. We were friends. Some things have happened to change that. It is what it is.