Tony Allen shuts up OJ Mayo

Fight!

Mayo owed Allen money from a card game, “Boo-Ray” and sources said Mayo became increasingly belligerent and antagonistic toward Allen when asked to settle the debt. Sources said Allen walked away from Mayo to go the restroom and returned to find Mayo continuing to berate him. Eventually, Mayo inched close to Allen, and sources said Allen hit Mayo.

“Tony warned [Mayo] to watch his mouth, and [Mayo] wouldn’t do it and just kept going off on him,” a source with knowledge of the incident told Yahoo! Sports.

Several players eventually separated the teammates, sources said. Mayo and Allen were brought into meet with Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins on Monday, and sources said the organization believed Mayo played the bigger part in escalating the encounter.

Mayo missed a 110-105 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night. Despite the team’s insistence that Mayo missed Tuesday’s game with bronchitis, sources said his absence was connected to the fight with Allen.

“Boo-Ray” is the same card game Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton were playing on the Washington Wizards’ charter flight last season that ultimately led to the confrontation in which Arenas brought guns into the team’s locker room. After the incident, several teams moved to curtail gambling on team flights.

I love TA, Gimme my money bitch.

I bet the NBA bans gambling now...

What a moron OJ is. All that needs to be said I guess...

I bet the NBA bans gambling now...

If the NBA doesn't, presumably more teams will place a ban on it themselves. Fair enough too, if it's leading to this kind of nonsense between teammates.

Good To see a Former Celtic kicking some *ss

And OJ suddenly had 'bronchitis' after it. Pay up!

Maybe OJ's bronchial tubes closed up after Allen decked him in the throat.

Or perhaps he just needs to cough up the money.

Nice one.

Though Mayo missed Tuesday's game due to a bout with bronchitis, it's been speculated that he was excused from the game due to injuries suffered in his fight with Allen.

"I was coughing up some mucus, and it had blood in it," Mayo said. "They did tests, and so I was on some medications the day of the (Thunder) game. - referring to his 'bronchitis'

Damn, Tony Allen did a number on OJ Mayo.

"Where's my money?!?"