It’s that serious?! Geesh. Hornets rookie P.J. Hairston was involved in a gym altercation yesterday. He allegedly sucker-punched a high school player in the face at the Durham YMCA. Hit the jump for details…
Via ESPN:
Charlotte Hornets first-round pick P.J. Hairston was involved in an altercation during a pickup game at a local YMCA on Sunday in which a high school player alleges he was sucker-punched by the former North Carolina standout.
“We were playing open gym and I was running up the court and he hit me in the forehead with his fist,” said Northern Durham High rising senior Kentrell Barkley, who is being recruited by numerous mid-major college programs. “I walked up to him and asked him what happened and then he hit me again in the neck.”
Hairston’s agent, Juan Morrow, confirmed to ESPN that his client, selected 26th overall in last month’s NBA draft, did throw a punch at the 6-foot-5, 195-pound Barkley. However, Morrow said it was in retaliation.
“The pickup game got heated, the kid swung at P.J. and P.J. swung back,” Morrow said.
The Durham Police Department said they had no information about the incident when contacted Sunday night, and it’s unclear if police were called.
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