A former NBA All-Star was forced to restrain his own daughter after she got into a fight during a high school basketball game being played in Washington state.
In a rivalry contest between two Seattle high schools, the West Seattle Wildcats and the Garfield Bulldogs, Garfield emerged victorious with an 11-point victory Wednesday night.
But when the end of the game sounded, the process turned violent when West Seattle players tried to steal the ball from a Garfield guard when the latter tried to dribble out the clock.
The Garfield player was not thrilled with the play and threw the ball at her opponent, causing both sides to throw punches.
The benches cleared and problems began to arise before coaches, parents, officials and other staff members attempted to fix things.
One of the parents who ran onto the court was former NBA top 10 player and Seattle basketball legend Brandon Roy, who is the head coach of the Garfield boys basketball team.
A high school girls basketball game turned into a fight earlier this week.
One of the parents who attended this game and needed to hold his daughter was Brandon Roy.
Roy is a former All-NBA team selection and three-time All-Star whose career was cut short.
Roy's daughter, Mariah (number 3 in the video above) was restrained by her father, as he prevented her from further participating in the altercation.
Neither team has received any punishment from Washington high school athletics organizers and neither school has indicated any punishment was meted out to them.
Roy is training at his high school alma mater, where he became one of the state's top players in the late '90s and early '00s. He was a top-40 recruit in the country in 2002, when he decided to stay home. and play for the University of Washington.
After a solid college career, Roy was selected sixth in the 2006 NBA Draft. The selection was owned by the Minnesota Timberwolves, but was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Randy Foye.
Roy only played seven seasons in the NBA due to injuries that hampered what could have been a phenomenal professional career. He spent most of that time in Portland before playing one final season in Minnesota.
Throughout his short career, he won the NBA Rookie of the Year award in 2007 and was named a three-time All-Star, was selected to the All-NBA Second Team in 2009, and was selected to the All-NBA Third Team in 2010.
After his playing career ended, Roy became a high school basketball coach at Nathan Hale High School, where he mentored future NBA star Michael Porter Jr. and his brother Jontay Porter, and won the Naismith Award. National High School Coach of the Year in 2017.