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After starting the Eastern Conference Finals down two games to none against the Milwaukee Bucks, the Toronto Raptors managed to win three straight games and are now ahead of the series. They are one victory away from advancing to the NBA Finals, and for former NBA player Kendrick Perkins, the series is over in favor […]

Kendrick Perkins has chimed in on the Eastern Conference Finals between the Toronto Raptors and the Milwaukee Bucks. For him, Giannis Antetokounmpo — the leading candidate for MVP — is being exposed by defensive stalwart Kawhi Leonard in the series. As posted by Speak For Yourself, Leonard — amid his ailing right leg — is […]

Former NBA big man Kendrick Perkins says don’t be surprised if Kevin Durant leaves the Golden State Warriors this summer and signs with the Los Angeles Clippers instead of the Lakers. The Clippers have cap space this offseason to sign two max contract players. Perkins, who played with Durant on the Oklahoma City Thunder, says […]

Kendrick Perkins played just a single season with the New Orleans Pelicans. He appeared in just 37 games with the team in 2015-16, averaging 2.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in 14.6 minutes off the bench. Despite his brief, ultimately forgettable tenure with the Pelicans, though, Perkins was still happy to see the team’s […]

Every championship-caliber NBA team needs a player who is willing to do the dirty work. Diving for loose balls, banging with bigger guys in the paint and delivering cleverly-dhidden illegal screens are necessities for teams looking to make the most of their talent as the preeminent glue guys of basketball. Perhaps the single greatest glue […]

Former Boston Celtics big man Kendrick Perkins continues to rip point guard Kyrie Irving after the Cs were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs in five games by the Milwaukee Bucks. Perkins, who has said Irving isn’t a Batman or a good leader, believes Uncle Drew didn’t embrace the situation and the history […]

The Boston Celtics were on the ultimate high after defeating the Milwaukee Bucks by 22 points in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series, prompting former Celtics legend Paul Pierce to declare the series “over” and inspiring some confidence that the young and talented squad was finally peaking at just the right time. But […]

Kendrick Perkins rose to Boston Celtics lore with the “Ubuntu” title team of 2008, one of the most revered teams in NBA history in terms of unselfishness and an overall collective responsibility to the greater good. It should come as no surprise, then, that he’s dismayed by watching the current Celtics play with such a […]

Former NBA big man Kendrick Perkins says Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving is no doubt a great player, but he doesn’t think Irving is a Batman type of guy or someone who can be the best player on a championship team. Perkins, who was part of the 2008 Celtics team which defeated Kobe […]

Kendrick Perkins is less than pleased with the effort put forth by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. As a result of Monday night’s 113-101 loss, the Celtics find themselves trailing in their series against the Milwaukee Bucks, 3-1. For Perkins, it’s about Boston’s effort and “togetherness.” And furthermore, he sees a selfish […]

Philadelphia Sixers center Joel Embiid is easily one of the best big men in the game. The two-time All-Star is coming off the best season of his young career and is off to a strong start to the postseason. But could Embiid get even better? Kendrick Perkins thinks so. On Tuesday, the former NBA center […]

The Houston Rockets lost a tough Game 1 to the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night. Their 104-100 defeat led to many complaints from both the players and team officials about the calls. Many on both sides shared their opinions on the situation, including Rockets star James Harden and Warriors head coach Steve Kerr. But […]

Retired NBA big man Kendrick Perkins says “it could be special” if Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant teamed up on the New York Knicks next season. Both Irving and Durant will become unrestricted free agents this summer. The two superstars have been heavily linked to signing with the Knicks together and Perkins can only imagine […]

The general consensus is that Kevin Durant left the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors during the summer of 2016 because he no longer wanted to play with Russell Westbrook. However, former Thunder big man Kendrick Perkins says that that simply isn’t true. While he would not elaborate all that much on the […]

Toronto Raptors superstar Kawhi Leonard is unquestionably one of the best players in the league, and when it’s all said and done, he will probably be going into the Hall of Fame. But former NBA big man Kendrick Perkins has some even loftier praise for Leonard, saying that the forward reminds him of Michael Jordan: […]

Retired NBA champion big man Kendrick Perkins thinks quite highly of Houston Rockets center Clint Capela. In fact, Perkins believes that Capela happens to be the best big man in the league at the moment. Speaking on Adrian Wojnarowski’s The Woj Pod, Perkins explained why he is so high on the Rockets’ 24-year-old big man: […]

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers proved to be the better coach on Monday night as his team mounted an epic comeback victory against the Golden State Warriors in their first-round playoff matchup. Retired big man Kendrick Perkins — who played under Rivers for several successful seasons with the Boston Celtics — recently sat […]

One of those most fascinating dynamics during these 2019 NBA playoffs has been the matchup between Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant and one of the league’s best defensive agitators, Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley. Both players had a number of exchanges during Game 1 of the first-round matchup between the  Dubs and Clippers, […]

Former NBA big man Kendrick Perkins says Golden State Warriors superstar small forward Kevin Durant “kinda got in his feelings” when he asked if KD is leaving the Dubs this summer. Durant and Perkins were teammates on the Oklahoma City Thunder and have a close relationship. Apparently, though, their relationship isn’t to the point where […]

Danny Ainge has no regrets about trading Kendrick Perkins in 2011. Ainge, the Boston Celtics’ general manager and president of basketball operations, made the revelation to the “Toucher & Rich” podcast on Boston’s radio station 98.5 “The Sports Hub” on April 4 (via MassLive’s John Karalis). “I do not. Not at all. Perkins was hurt. […]

The BIG3 will be getting even bigger this summer. The basketball world’s most notable 3-on-3 league announced Wednesday that former Boston Celtics center Kendrick Perkins will be joining the fun come June. Kendrick Perkins, who has yet to officially retire from the NBA, last played with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He signed with LeBron James’ former […]

Banished from the playoffs once again before the NBA Finals, LeBron James had enough. The Cavs, no matter their regular season win total, could not beat the East’s elite teams when it came to the playoffs. The fourth seeded Boston Celtics emphatically snatched away home court from the first seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2010 Eastern […]

At 34-year-old, former Boston Celtics big man Kendrick Perkins believes that he still has a little bit left in the tank. So much so, that he recently reached out to Celtics GM Danny Ainge, saying that he’s only one call away. “I did reach out to (Celtics president of basketball operations) Danny (Ainge),” Perkins said, […]

Boston Celtics General Manager Danny Ainge has confirmed rumors that he has sat down with former Celtics bruiser Kendrick Perkins. However, Ainge also says that Boston is unlikely to seek out a reunion with Perkins this season. Brian Robb of Boston Sports Journal tweeted out Ainge’s comments on the possibility of bringing in Perkins to […]

Dwyane Wade may be past his prime now but he is not hesitating to recall some of his highlights especially involving some peers such as Kendrick Perkins. The two were teammates last year for the Cleveland Cavaliers, albeit briefly. The Flash was later sent to Miami Heat when it became clear that the partnership with […]

Kendrick Perkins visibly walked from the bowels of Quicken Loans Arena, passing by from the back of the press conference auditorium only to raise both arms up high and flip the bird on Warriors forward Kevin Durant, who was taking his turn at the mic. Formerly a teammate of Durant, Perkins confirmed it was indeed […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers fell to the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the 2018 NBA Finals, and Kevin Durant was the reason for the Dubs’ victory. The All-Star forward willed his Warriors to a win on a night when Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson combined for 21 points on 7-of-27 shooting. Durant himself finished […]

Despite Stephen Curry downplaying a face-to-face with Cleveland Cavaliers honorary bodyguard Kendrick Perkins, his Golden State Warriors teammates were reportedly “disturbed” by the big man’s reluctance to move his knees and feet as Curry backpedaled following a last-second corner shot, which resulted in the conflict, according to ESPN’s Chris Haynes. Players cited that as the […]

It goes without saying that there is no love lost between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. Fans were reminded of that during a minor exchange between point guard Stephen Curry and center Kendrick Perkins. With the third quarter coming to a close, Curry had slipped over the feet of Perkins on the sideline […]

Kendrick Perkins was picked up by the Cleveland Cavaliers right before the playoffs started. His main mission is to provide a veteran voice. But from time to time, he also lends support for the Cavs through some good old trash talking. As seen in the clip below, right at the end of the third quarter, […]

The NBA Playoffs truly bring out the intensity and passion out of not only the players, but also the fans – most notably, the celebrity fans. Through the years – with the exception of the New York Knicks’ Spike Lee and Los Angeles Lakers’ Jack Nicholson who remain fixtures on the arena of their beloved […]

It has been one season since Kendrick Perkins last played in the NBA as a member of the New Orleans Pelicans. During a recent interview with Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe, Perkins still has his eyes set on making a comeback to the NBA. “The body feels good, man, I’m just sitting here waiting on […]

Amid the Monday night 2007-08 Boston Celtics reunion with former centerpiece of the team and now-TNT-analyst Kevin Garnett in his segment Area 21, an ostracized Ray Allen was ready to land the last punch after all was said and done. The long-tenured sharpshooter posted this photo on his Facebook page during Monday night’s segment, clearly noting the […]

In a special edition of Kevin Garnett‘s “Area 21” on TNT on Monday, members of the 2008 championship Boston Celtics team appeared on the show to talk about a variety of things with their former teammates. One player that was notably missing was Ray Allen, who has had a strained relationship with his former teammates […]

Former Boston Celtics power forward and TNT host Kevin Garnett will bring along his 2008 championship teammates Rajon Rondo, Kendrick Perkins, Glen “Big Baby” Davis and soon-to-be-retired Paul Pierce as guests of his show Area 21 for Monday’s broadcast of Game 4 between the Golden State Warriors and the Utah Jazz, the network announced. Notably missing from […]

Kevin Durant has already been in the NBA for 9 seasons and has seen many teammates come and go. Two of his longest-tenured teammates that come to mind are Russell Westbrook, who was his teammate for eight years, and Nick Collison, who was KD’s teammate his entire career until this season. But when asked recently […]

Kendrick Perkins recently made an appearance on The Vertical Podcast with Adrian Wojnarowski to talk basketball and give his thoughts on Kevin Durant’s decision to join the Golden State Warriors. Perkins of course was a former teammate of Durant and Russell Westbrook after spending a number of years with them in Oklahoma City. He was a big voice in […]

Oklahoma City Thunder fans and others around the league always wondered “what if Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook worked to their full potential as a duo?” On paper, the two were arguably the most dominant one-two punch the NBA has seen since Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal in the early 2000s. Their skill sets were […]

Imagine if Kevin Durant took Kendrick Perkins’ advice. Perkins recently made an appearance on The Vertical Podcast with Adrian Wojnarowski and provided some interesting insight on Durant’s decision to leave the Thunder and join the Warriors. Perkins talked to Durant before he made his decision and actually suggested Durant go somewhere else if he was […]