BSO can confirm that Antonio Brown has never left the state of New York.
We know this because he is sitting courtside of the Grizzlies-Nets game.
Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving are all big fans of AB, so this makes sense. At the moment, he is still a member of the Tampa Bay Bucs since they didn’t release him today like they promised to.
They are holding his rights hostage at the moment.
AB says the narrative they are pushing that he quit is wrong.
Arians said he did not speak to Brown after he left the field — only before leaving it. He would not disclose the details of that interaction, only that the conversation at no point involved Brown’s injured ankle.
An NFL Network report said that Brown was upset because he didn’t feel he could continue playing on his ankle, which he injured in Week 6, forcing him to miss five games along with three additional games because of his league-imposed suspension for producing a fake COVID-19 vaccination card.
“I don’t know that he was [injured],” Arians said.
Did he say that he was injured? “No,” Arians said.
“It’s pretty obvious what happened. He left the field and that was it,” Arians said. “We had a conversation, and he left the field.”
Arians said he has not talked to Brown or his representatives since his departure.
The Bucs did not officially release him on Monday, and there are ongoing discussions with the NFL about how to move ahead with the situation, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
When Arians was asked whether there were precipitating moments that led to Brown’s outburst, Arians said, “None whatsoever.”
Hopefully, Antonio Brown is taking care of his mental health because when so many people are against you, it can send you into a spiral.
Flip the pages for the Twitter reactions to AB arriving at the Nets game.
