Matt Barnes is still sticking to his side of the story that he and Rihanna were dating after Rihanna slammed the NBA basketball player on Instagram.  It would have ended at that however, Glen Davis, Barnes' former L.A. Clippers teammate, sat down with Jemele Hill and Michael Smith in ESPN's "His and Hers" last Wednesday and a few follow up questions resurrected the Rihanna- Barnes fiasco.

"I don't agree with Rihanna. Matt Barnes is an honest, standup guy...He really knows her. He knows her. He knows her," he said. "He's not lying about that. Why would he lie about that? He's a grown man. Why would he lie about that? We know Rihanna is Rihanna, why would you lie about that?"  He then finished off saying, "She has her reasons...But you have a relationship where you guys know each other. Don't bash him. I wouldn't do that to somebody I text and that I know. Kudos to Matt". 

Barnes reinforced this in a recent interview on The Jim Rome Show.  He was quoted saying "You live and you learn. When you're in a situation like this and, you know, you just learn. You just got to keep stuff to yourself obviously," Barnes said. "But the way I'm putting it right now, I'm too grown to lie, you know what I mean. It is what it is, I'm going to let this blow by like everything else blows by." 

When asked how he took Rihanna's denial on Instagram, the basketball player just answered, "In life in general, there's no need. I'm grown," Barnes said. "My upbringing just doesn't allow me to have that kind of stuff in it. Life, sports whatever it is I'm just about the truth. I'm always going to be me, even if you know sometimes my mouth gets me in trouble. I'm always going to be me, because I speak on things I feel passionately about. So love me or hate me I'm going to be me regardless."

The story all started in TMZ, where Barnes insinuated that his friendship with Rihanna has moved past the crush stage.  Rihanna then responded with a snapshot of the TMZ video with the following hashtags:  #bishwhere #thedevilisaliar #shesnotthatintoyou #shesnotintoyouatall #shesneverevenmetyou #thisactuallyhurtmyfeelings #defamationofcharacter.