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The Rockets were having fun. Durant was hyping up the crowd, and players were celebrating with each other. Team chemistry seemed to be restored, if it ever did fade away. And KD, obviously, kept his receipts. As soon as he walked into the press conference, Durant took a slight dig at Perkins and the media. “How was the body language tonight? Was it good? How were the vibes? Good vibes?” Kevin Durant asked reporters before they could get any questions off. The room erupted in laughter once the Slim Reaper smirked. They knew what the underlying intention was behind the statement.
“Guys, who are your connectors?” Kendrick Perkins “Yeah, they’re definitely not having team dinners, I can tell you that.” Channing Frye: “Hell no.” Kendrick Perkins “You can tell that after the games, after practices, everybody goes their separate ways. There’s no camaraderie, no hangouts. Nobody’s pulling them together to do [__]. Again, I’m just looking at it overall. When I go back to the trade deadline, it’s like the Rockets put out publicly that Amen Thompson and Sengun were untouchable when you had Giannis on the table. Was that really the right message to be putting out there? They’re untouchable when you’ve got Giannis? Giannis with the Rockets—now all of a sudden he becomes Batman, and KD could be the Robin. That’s a dangerous Robin. I would say more like 1A and 1B, right? Because Giannis, the way that he applies pressure, would open up so much for KD.”
Kendrick Perkins: They got back Gordon, but they still meet missing Watson and they need him back, right? Because they struggle to get stops. It's uncharacteristic that we see from Nikola Jokic late-game execution like he's been pretty damn horrible over the last month and a half and look when it comes to late game now, he got some big time buckets but I'm talking about the turnovers I'm talking about his plus-minus and then on top of that I don't believe that Jokic is in the best shape and he's still putting up these numbers. I believe that Jokic needs to be in better shape because remember when Jokic was at his best, we saw him before that championship run, he was running those stairs in the off season, like we was seeing all the video. He looked more ripped up. He looked shredded and he was playing both sides of the basketball.
Draymond Green goes off on Kendrick Perkins: Yeah, Perk, you never had bad games. Perk, we seen you play big fella. We saw you, big dog. Like, you played. You know what I’m saying? Like to go in on one bad night Perk, you played. We got the clips. We got your clips of your screen setting. We got clips of your jump shots Perk. We got clips of your jump hooks. Like you played big Perk. So, like careful man. We can start pulling clips how. Big Perk.
NBACentral: "If ESPN fired me today I would lose no sleep. You know why? Because somebody in Boston would hire me" - @KendrickPerkins (h/t @ohnohedidnt24 )
"If ESPN fired me today I would lose no sleep. You know why? Because somebody in Boston would hire me"
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) February 8, 2026
- @KendrickPerkins
(h/t @ohnohedidnt24 )
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Oh No He Didn't: Kendrick Perkins: "The Celtics are the most dangerous team in the NBA. The Celtics are playing with house money"
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— Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) February 8, 2026
"The Celtics are the most dangerous team in the NBA. The Celtics are playing with house money" pic.twitter.com/A0ghvCuMcf
NBA on ESPN: “Ja Morant better wake the hell up. Cause in two years, after this contract, he could find himself out the league." @kendrickperkins weighs in on the potential future of the former All-Star.
"Ja Morant better wake the hell up. Cause in two years, after this contract, he could find himself out the league."@kendrickperkins weighs in on the potential future of the former All-Star 😳 pic.twitter.com/fXzjdouKW3
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) February 5, 2026
Kendrick Perkins: The only time that I ever got punked in my life. I'm like second third year in the league, I’m 19. And we bring in Michael Olowokandi. Every day of practice, for some reason, he's just going at me, right? I'm trying to scratch and claw just to even get a jersey. (…) So he's going at me every day in practice. I'm like, and I'm saying going at me, it's like elbows, I'm like, dog, are you okay? He just doesn't like me. So one day we tangle up at practice, right? So it's like one day we tangle up at practice a little bit. People break it up, but I'm like, man, you got me f*cked up. We get this at shoot around. We get to the arena for the game. I'm chilling in my locker, right? I got my chair turned. I'm sitting in my locker. I got music bumping. This is when everybody jamming music. I turn around, dude is standing over me, right? So he walks up. So I look up. I turn like this, I look up. I'm like, "Hey, bro. You good, man?" The dude just start choking the sh*t out of me. Literally start just like choking the sh*t out of me.
Shams Charania: Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett is reuniting with the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Lynx in a new, all-encompassing role involving business, community efforts and content development, sources told ESPN. His long-awaited No. 21 Wolves jersey retirement will also happen in Minnesota. Kendrick Perkins: Yes sir big fella @KevinGarnett5KG 💯🤞🏾
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Kendrick Perkins: My sources are also telling me, the big fella, that Detroit has a lot of interest in old Anthony Davis. (…) You got to match the money. You get rid of Tobias Harris who's making a lot of money on the expiring contract, right? You'll be able to pull off maybe some young talent, but long as you keep Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren and you bring AD over there to that Pistons squad…
ESPN is rolling out a fresh look for NBA Countdown, adding new voices and upgraded technology as the network prepares for its next slate of marquee game nights. The revamped studio team will debut Wednesday, November 19, at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and the ESPN App. Senior writer Brian Windhorst joins the program after signing a multi-year extension with the network. His addition strengthens a panel that will now feature 2023 NBA champion head coach Michael Malone and 2008 NBA champion Kendrick Perkins as analysts.
Kendrick Perkins: Here’s the problem with New Orleans. Great city — one of my favorite cities to live in. One, because they got great food. Okay, that’s number one. Number two — and this is what I’ll say — I understand where DeMarcus is coming from, because he played there. They’re always going to be second to the New Orleans Saints. That city is all about the Saints — from the ownership down to Mickey Loomis. They don’t give a damn about the Pelicans. It’s so bad that if you want to eat — you know how all NBA organizations now have first-class facilities with breakfast, chefs, post-practice meals? In New Orleans, you leave the Pelicans facility, and you gotta walk across the street to the Saints’ facility just to eat. And all your food is in boxes in the cafeteria.
One of the most outspoken members of that Thunder team in recent years has been Kendrick Perkins who was little more than a role player on those OKC teams. During a recent appearance on ‘Road Trippin,’ with Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye, Kendrick Perkins recalled a time from those Thunder teams when Scott Brooks called out both Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook for being too selfish on the court. “We’re in New York, we’re playing the Brooklyn Nets. I was in Oklahoma City and we lost. KD and Russ, we had 92 shot attempts as a team. KD and Russ took 80 of them,” Perkins said. “We walked up in the practice gym afterwards and he [Scott Brooks] told Thabo [Sefolosha], we’re all huddled up at half court. Scott Brooks gave the ball to Thabo and he said, ‘Here Thabo, shoot the ball two times.’ Thabo took two shots.”