The police are still trying to sort out whatever happened this morning at a Denny’s on 75 and how involved Mavs forward Tim Thomas was. The police version (so far):
Thomas, another man and three women entered the Denny’s. Damien Pettie, 29, recognized Thomas. He told police he addressed the basketball player by saying, “What’s up?” Thomas told him not to talk to him, using curse words and racial and anti-gay epithets. Pettie responded with profanity.
The man with Thomas then struck Pettie twice in the face, breaking his lip open.
“Then all parties within both groups began to throw chairs, knock over tables, and fight each other” until the store manager told them he was going call police.
The other side, courtesy of Donnie Nelson:
“What I can tell you is that Tim was not involved. He’s 30 years old with a wife and kids. When the situation started to escalate, he left the property immediately. Certainly we’re working with authorities and our security folks to get to the bottom of it. But this is something that’s way, way, way overblown. Innocent until proven guilty in this country, last I checked.”
Only certainty: he probably shouldn’t have been there at that time to begin with. You’re rich, fella. If you want a Grand Slam Breakfast or Moons Over My Hammy in the middle of the night, get someone to pick it up for you.
