Sports media’s No. 1 Knicks fan had it with the TNT broadcast Wednesday night. ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins, who backs the Knicks like he played for them, did not appreciate the focus on analyst Reggie Miller’s Knicks history versus talk of Jalen Brunson’s status during Game 2. “Are we going to make this entire game about … Read more
Kendrick Perkins wants Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley to do their jobs and watch the Knicks. A lack of familiarity, Perkins surmises, is the only reason the TNT analysts could not be high on this year’s Knicks team, which clinched the East’s No. 2 seed in the 2024 NBA playoffs on Sunday. “It’s obviously (that) … Read more
Kenrick Perkins “blew off the gasket” at an AAU basketball tournament and got himself kicked out over the weekend. And his “NBA Today” colleagues were more than happy to dig up the footage and air it on national television during Monday’s show. Rumblings about it first appeared on Twitter, when Trae Young sent out a … Read more
Fool me once … I’m Kendrick Perkins. The former NBA big man and current ESPN analyst was duped by a viral Twitter rumor about Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga, falsely claiming he had shot up to 7-foot-2. “From reports, I’m hearing that Jonathan Kuminga is now 7-2,” Perkins said on “SportsCenter” Tuesday. “The kid has gotten … Read more
Nikola Jokic is likely on the verge of winning his third straight MVP award, and ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins has a reason why: racism. On “First Take” Wednesday, the controversial NBA analyst suggested MVP voters foster bias toward black players by pointing out that only Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash and Jokic have won the award since … Read more