Up by 22 with seven minutes left in the Mavs 98-75 victory against the Wizards, J.J. Barea was called for an offensive foul and then hit with a tech for trash-talking a very serious looking John Wall. When asked about the interaction after the game, Wall said, "It was cool. It was funny. Just a little midget trying to get mad out there. I paid him no mind."

As expected, the 6'0" "midget" was told about Wall's comments.

"Now I have somebody in the NBA that I don't like," Barea said after initially laughing off the comment. "That's my first. I don't like him at all now. But I don't think his teammates like him, either. So it's nothing new for him."

And here's Barea's account of the interaction between him and Wall.

Via ESPN

"So I turn around, and we're looking at each other," said Barea, who had a smile on his face when the on-court discussion with Wall started. "I think he's going to say -- what I would do? -- 'My bad' or something. But he didn't say that. He was like -- I'm not going to say the bad word -- 'What are you gonna do?' I was like, 'What?' So you know, I had to say some stuff back, and he never changed his mind.

"He's trying to be a tough guy when he's not."

The chippy game also featured some trash talking between rookie Dennis Smith Jr and Bradley Beal as well as the obnoxious Salah Mejri getting ejected after picking up two techs (one for each point he scored) for arguing with the refs.

The best part about that video was watching Coach Rick Carlisle tell Mejri to get the fuck out of the game.

Anyways, let's check out some other moments that makes Barea such a love him or hate him player.

WESTBROOK

BLAKE GRIFFIN

(TEAMMATE) KEVIN LOVE

MIKE MILLER

JESUS

BYNUM (JJ MADE THE SHOT!)

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Earlier this summer, Luke Ridnour made history by being traded 4 times in a month. That was shocking even for a guy who has been on 5 different teams and 1 team twice since 2003 but what's even more shocking is after 852 games, the 6'2 guard has never dunked in a game. At 6'2 we know Luke can dunk and with over a decade of basketball on his NBA resume, he's had to have had plenty of opportunities to throw one down but he has somehow managed to never do so.

The closest player to this streak is 6'3 Beno Udrih at 801 but considering Beno has averaged 5 points a game over his last 4 seasons, it's unlikely one of his field goals will end up being a dunk. So Luke's record seems safe.

6'0 JJ Barea is in 3rd but he gets some props for attempting them.  He even attempted a tip dunk last season.

And you catch him throwing down before games sometimes.

Sorry. Wrong clip.  Here's the correct one.

Now i'm not going to be Captain Obvious and state why 6'0 DJ Augustin should be ashamed to be on this list after 539 games - don't call me racist, it's because his first name is Darryl and he plays for the Thunder and that sounds close to Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins.

Ricky Rubio and Jimmer Fredette are also on this list and we do have proof both can dunk...eventhough we are going back to high school to show proof on Jimmer.

Source: Abraham Smith via NBA Memes

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After the University of Louisville took a 34 beatdown from Puerto Rico on Wednesday night, Dallas Mav's scrappy guard and Puerto Rican hoop legend JJ Barea was ready to either hand out or receive a beatdown when he got into a scuffle with Louisville's Chinanu Onuaku during a post-game handshake line.

A pissed Onuaku shoved JJ causing Barea to grab and hold onto his jersey. Teammates quickly intervened but Onuaku was rewarded with a suspension.

JJ does have a history of getting under the skin of other players.

Even teammates.

But no player probably had a bigger beef with JJ than Ray Allen.

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