Tinsley was the last player remaining on Indiana’s roster who was on the team when its fortunes fell through the floor with the 2004 brawl in Auburn Hills, when Pacers players went into the stands to confront fans after an on-court tussle between Ron Artest and then-Piston Ben Wallace. Tinsley was not involved in either altercation and was one of the Pacers not suspended by the league after the fight, and averaged a career-best 15.4 points per game that season, but he didn’t avoid other trouble several times during the next few years.
In October, 2006, just after the start of training camp, Tinsley and several teammates were at a strip club when an altercation occurred, which led to then-teammate Stephen Jackson being hit by a car outside the club–and firing a gun into the air several times. Tinsley wasn’t disciplined by the team (the league suspended Jackson for seven games the following season).

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