Mavericks guard J.J. Barea is no longer a fan of Wizards point guard John Wall.
Barea’s Mavericks blew out Wall's Wizards 98-75 Monday night in Dallas. Barea scored seven points, grabbed four rebounds and dished out two assists while Wall finished with 11 points on 4-of-15 shooting.
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After the game, ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reported that Wall said Barea was “just a little midget trying to get mad.” Barea is listed at 6-0.
Barea — who is in his 12th NBA season — responded by saying he "finally has someone in the NBA he doesn’t like," and added that he doesn’t "think his [Wall’s] teammates like him, either," according to MacMahon.
Barea's comments came just days after Washington held a players-only meeting that did not go according to plan.
"A couple guys took it the negative way and it hurt our team,” Wall said of the meeting, according to The Washington Post. "Instead of taking it in a positive way like we did in the past and using it to build our team up, it kind of set us back a little bit."
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Wizards forward Jason Smith, a 10-year NBA veteran, said he didn’t think the meeting caused any kind of "dysfunction" in the locker room.
"Sometimes you need those moments to just get everything out in the air," Smith said, via the Post. "Just like any family. You got to let things out. You can't hold it in and let things fester."
Washington (26-21) holds the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference standings and is one game behind the fourth-place Heat in the loss column. Monday's loss was the Wizards' third in their last four games.