PJ Hairston - YMCA Altercation

Seeing lots of posts on twitter saying that PJ punched a minor at a YMCA in Durham. Not sure how credible it is. Even if it is not true, it is disheartening that he would continue to be mentioned in things like this.

 

Also, i would try and post a link or image but i still cannot manage to figure out how to do it.

This is the twitter link. I'm assuming that it's BS though.

ok, please tell me how you posted that. i tried several things and couldn't get it to work. i copied the code from the embed tweet option but cant figure out what to do with it on this site.

Uhh....

Didn't throw first punch

Says his agent. 

Hope so. Might be a good idea to quit running it back at the Y now that you're a first round NBA pick trying to walk the straight and narrow.

ok, please tell me how you posted that. i tried several things and couldn't get it to work. i copied the code from the embed tweet option but cant figure out what to do with it on this site.

 
All you have to do is post the link that you get from hovering over the tweet's timestamp, like the link below. And the forum sotware handles the rest.

https://twitter.com/mikiewimbrow/status/485930023166033920

Video of the incident has surfaced.

Spoiler

He should probably just get to Charlotte now.

He should probably just get to Charlotte now.

Yeah, This.

That's what I was saying when he had the party announcement: you've obviously done some partying already in your life. Now you have a very lucrative career. 

For what it's worth, haven't seen anything in the media about it yet. Maybe it wasn't as serious as people think. 

Regardless, pretty clear that P.J. and Raleigh/Durham don't mix. Time to get an apartment in Charlotte, buddy. Better yet, bunk up with Al. He'll punch P.J. in the face if he starts this bullshit.

Those rankings are kind of whack, honestly. Noel above Wiggins? 

Only a summer league game, but... 

Even though he was injured all season, he's also been working out with pro coaches for the last several months. 

He had a better day than Hairston. 

Cliff is probably in his car driving up there right now to drag P.J. to Charlotte. 

I will bet my avy that any interest we had in Lance Stephenson is kaput. 

For what it's worth, haven't seen anything in the media about it yet. Maybe it wasn't as serious as people think.

Regardless, pretty clear that P.J. and Raleigh/Durham don't mix. Time to get an apartment in Charlotte, buddy. Better yet, bunk up with Al. He'll punch P.J. in the face if he starts this bullshit.

Only a summer league game, but... 

 

 

Even though he was injured all season, he's also been working out with pro coaches for the last several months. 

 

He had a better day than Hairston. 

I said it myself in the summer league thread, it was surprising. 19 points and only two rebounds.

But it's SL. Cody averaged, what, like 16/9 last summer league?

That's what I was saying when he had the party announcement: you've obviously done some partying already in your life. Now you have a very lucrative career. 

 

He's actually had two "draft parties", the one that was the weekend of the draft and another on the 3rd in Raleigh 

man i wonder how clifford & cho is feeling about this.  we've invested a lot in this guy and it took him like 10 whole days to already be involved in bad news? we need some of the lockeroom vets to seriously take this guy under their wing.

but like bill simmons said; i'd rather have a guy that's gonna get in a little scrap here and there than a guy that has no competitiveness whatsoever

and 

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/hairston-hoops-fight-lights-up-twitter/13790239/

 

"The game got intense. The kid got too excited playing against P.J.," agent Juan Morrow said.

"It's getting blown out of proportion because it's P.J., and he's home."

The player on the other side of the altercation, Northern Durham small forward Kentrell Barkley, told HighSchoolOT reporter Zach Mayo that it happened, but didn't offer further detail.

Read more at http://www.wralsport...t5ypmflcgoH4.99

Well, he wasn't arrested. There's that. If it was serious, he'd probably be in some cuffs.

I dunno, we'll probably never know what ACTUALLY happened unless someone posts a video. If the kid threw the first punch, I would've thrown back. Human nature. If P.J. started it, it's way more serious. Hopefully Hairston's agent is right and it's being blown out of proportion.

#PJOptimism 

I feel like that's a hashtag I'm going to have to get used to this season. 

 

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http://www.wralsportsfan.com/hairston-hoops-fight-lights-up-twitter/13790239/

"Shoving match" sounds way more palatable than "fist fight." Just saying. #PJOptimism