On Thursday night, the NBA on TNT crew was discussing NBA Finals contenders from the Eastern Conference when Shaquille O'Neal stepped in and backed up Charles Barkley's words for the Milwaukee Bucks' candidacy. Shaq also picked Giannis Antetokounmpo for the MVP award. "I'm also going with the Bucks in the Eastern Conference. Giannis is my MVP," Shaq underlined.
Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins got into public discourse recently after he made some questionable comments during ESPN's First Take morning show. The TV program decided to release an apology. At the beginning of Wednesday's episode, the show's host Molly Qerim issued a statement live:
Charles Barkley reacted to the news about Kendrick Perkins' take on Nikola Jokic becoming back-to-back MVP, saying what Perkins said was plain stupid. "Hey man, I'm trying to work on my golf game, and you're already trying to make me talk about stupid stuff," Barkley told Altitude Sports Radio. "Come on, man. That's asinine, silly, and stupid. Pick one word."
On Thursday night, the NBA on TNT crew was discussing NBA Finals contenders from the Eastern Conference when Shaquille O'Neal stepped in and backed up Charles Barkley's words for the Milwaukee Bucks' candidacy. Shaq also picked Giannis Antetokounmpo for the MVP award. "I'm also going with the Bucks in the Eastern Conference. Giannis is my MVP," Shaq underlined.
Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins got into public discourse recently after he made some questionable comments during ESPN's First Take morning show. The TV program decided to release an apology. At the beginning of Wednesday's episode, the show's host Molly Qerim issued a statement live:
Charles Barkley reacted to the news about Kendrick Perkins' take on Nikola Jokic becoming back-to-back MVP, saying what Perkins said was plain stupid. "Hey man, I'm trying to work on my golf game, and you're already trying to make me talk about stupid stuff," Barkley told Altitude Sports Radio. "Come on, man. That's asinine, silly, and stupid. Pick one word."
Nikola Jokic is the frontrunner to win the NBA MVP award for the third time in his career this season, and this has sparked some fiery conversations among media members in the US. First, JJ Redick lashed out at Jokic's critics that say that he's stat-padding. One of them was former Boston Celtics center Kendrick Perkins. He's now decided to address it during the First Take show on ESPN today.
Kendrick Perkins claimed Serge Ibaka lied about his age. During First Take on Monday, an ESPN analyst said his former teammate Ibaka was much older than 22 when OKC reached the 2012 NBA Finals. Ibaka then reacted to Perkins' comments on Twitter and slammed his colleague. Full response:
Kendrick Perkins, a former NBA champion (2008) and star analyst at ESPN, is making money outside of broadcasting duties. He is one of four owners of a multi-million dollar dog breeding business, via Ryan Glasspiegel of the NY Post.
Kendrick Perkins recently visited The Old Man & the Three Podcast with JJ Redick, where he talked -among other things- about his relationship with LeBron James.
The Boston Celtics are leading 2-0 in their 2022 NBA Playoffs first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets. They have fulfilled their home-court advantage despite not having starting center Robert Williams available. However, yesterday the news about Williams' return broke out. This comeback provides much optimism for the former Celtics player Kendrick Perkins, who expressed his bold prediction on ...
Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins, who currently works as an analyst on ESPN, has named his top-5 international NBA players list in last night's show. Coming in at number 5, Perkins named Tony Parker, stating his credentials of 6-time All-Star, 4-time NBA champion, NBA Finals MVP, and Top-10 in points scored during Playoffs, while managing to lead the league in points scored in the paint several ...