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Sparks were flying Friday during ESPN's ”First Take”, as NBA Analyst Kendrick Perkins went off on a rant about Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving's critical tweet about NBA media and its coverage of the players.
Alot of of these media corporations make their money by degrading BLACK/African/Indigenous community heroes. They thrive off of it, and then sell it back to us by having a hand selected person or group of people spark controversy about them for the world to see.
— Chief Hélà 🤞🏾 (@KyrieIrving) April 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/KyrieIrving/status/1519684596136398848
“Just Watch all of the people who wake up every day and report about people’s lives on TV and social media, and then profit off of them,” Irving said on Twitter Thursday. “Then they justify their jobs by saying they get paid to say how they feel.”
Perkins took particular offense to Irving's tweets and used his platform on ESPN to share his thoughts and opinions about the seven-time All-Star.
“To see Kyrie come out and lash out, all the time his cop-out is going at media,” Perkins said. “Let me attack the media. Why you didn't attack Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and Marcus Smart?”
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"To see Kyrie to come out and lash out, all the time his cop out is going at media. Let me attack the media. Why you didn't attack Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Marcus Smart?"
Kendrick Perkins did NOT hold back on Kyrie Irving's Twitter fingers 🔊pic.twitter.com/MuisFWXH2i
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) April 29, 2022
Irving, a 2016 NBA champion as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has made a lot of waves in the media in recent years since his trade to the Boston Celtics before the 2017-2018 NBA season.
Since joining the Nets, Irving has been in the news for stepping on the Celtics logo at the TD Garden, resulting in a fan throwing a water bottle at Irving's head, refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and now recently for calling out sports media/sports journalists for reporting on athletes beyond the scope of their play in a very critical manner.
Irving and the Nets face a critical juncture this coming summer, as the Nets are coming off a disappointing season that saw them get swept by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs.
