Everyone knows Kendrick Perkins was a hard-nosed basketball player during his 14-year stint in the league. His hard-hitting nature didn't leave him when he got into TV appearances as an analyst.
A recent example of his blunt nature was during an interview with ScalAndPals. He went on an unrelenting barrage on how many of the NBA's younger players are being coddled instead of being told to deal with their specific problems.
While the rant put sent the hosts to a laughing fit, the former Boston Celtic center was giving out some legitimate points of contention:
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He said that many of today's players are being coddled by the people around them, telling them that they could do no wrong on the court. He believes that players keeping this kind of environment around them is what's affecting their quality of play.
Moreover, it's not only Perkins who's made this observation. Hall of Fame center Shaquille O'Neal also dropped his hot take on the league's softness. He even went a step further and branded his own era as “soft”.
“It was actually kind of soft when I played, too. Before I played, that was the real NBA, and I’m sure the guys that played before me would say that’s the real NBA. But before I came in, with Mike playing against Detroit and the Bad Boys – that was the real NBA. I kind of played in the soft era, also. And then of course, with me being dominant, everybody crying about the rules, that just made it more so. But now it’s very soft.”
Today's players will not appreciate these takes from retired players, but they will likely go on their own way. They play in a very different time compared to the previous decades. They will dictate what is soft and what isn't in the coming years.
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