Scottie Barnes downplayed the rivalry brewing between him and fellow 2021 draft classmate Quentin Grimes after he outplayed the New York Knicks‘ second-year wing again in their 125-116 repeat win Sunday.
Barnes was caught on television replay trash talking to Grimes during their last week’s win at Madison Square Garden.
Barnes dismissed their earlier encounter as just a heat-of-the-moment thing.
“Growing up, I always started talking trash. I was always that kid that just talk trash. …When you’re in that moment, it’s just you make a good play, [it] just automatically happen sometimes,” Barnes explained.