Perkins has accused Jokic of stat-padding and being overrated because he's white.
Kendrick Perkins attends the Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game during the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend at Wolstein Center on Feb. 18, 2022, in Cleveland.The days when one ESPN talking head can manufacture a national news cycle out of thin air are probably fading away. But damned if Kendrick Perkins isn't doing his best 2011 Skip Bayless impression.
For the past week or so, Perkins has seized on one of the quietest parts of the professional sports calendar to make the case that Nikola Jokic — currently averaging a triple-double and the runaway favorite to win his third straight NBA MVP — is overrated. Friday, he accused Jokic of"." Tuesday night, he tweeted a video strongly implying that Jokic was winning MVPs only because he was white.
The former center said that the Nuggets big man was intentionally taking fewer shots so that he could increase his assist average, noting"conversations go on in that locker room, and players know what their stats are" and that while watching Jokic play"I saw those shot attempts, and his points, go down, and I started to see his assists go up."
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