Kendrick Perkins: "Steve Kerr sounded like he was at a funeral, like he lost a family member. Draymond Green is NOT the victim here. This is a punishment for his actions."

saw-it · 2023-12-15T22:07:15+00:00

This perk is a clone. Where’s the real perk?

LeXam92 · 2023-12-15T22:20:49+00:00

FUCK OFF WARRIORS STOP MAKING ME AGREE WITH PERKINS

LeFxckYouThree · 2023-12-15T22:26:38+00:00

Perks been cooking wtf happened

Purples_A_Fruit · 2023-12-15T22:22:12+00:00

I’m a Lowe fan, but Kerr did not list off all the things Dray has done. He listed off all of the recent things Dray has done in the past year+.

recollectionsmayvary · 2023-12-15T22:20:01+00:00

The greatest crime Dray's perpetrated is forcing me, against my will, to wholeheartedly agree with Perk's takes.

I've been saying this for weeks. The people on the receiving end of Dray's assaults are the only victims, not Draymond. That the Warriors, Klutch, and Dray's team are conccoting this image of Draymond, the aggressor in every single situation, as the victim is so disgraceful.

Receiving consequences for your physical violence/assault is a byproduct of playing like an asshole. It's the cost of doing business, dirty business. It's not a terminal illness diagnosis and not something that makes you a victim.

Yes, there may be reasons, underlying mental health reasons, that can serve as an explanation for why you acted in a certain way but they are perverting and almost deliberately weaponizing mental health as a way to shift blame off Draymond. They're using mental health as a get out of jail free card. Getting punched, choked, stepped on, or slapped doesn't hurt less because your aggressor/assaulter was "having a rough patch of life." I have no issues with Dray receiving mental health treatment; god knows, a lot more people could benefit from therapy. What I have an issue with is treating Draymond's choices as some kind of thing that just happened to him; like he's some passive bystander to the violence he inflicts.

ETA: Perk is 100% on point with this. Steve Kerr is wildly passive and his body language and tone in reciting Draymond's wrongdoings reads more sympathetic towards Draymond and like "Draymond punched Jordan and this is about making sure Draymond is better." I truly have loved Steve Kerr's general vibe for years but he can fuck off with the Draymond bit.

P.S.- Did anyone ask or ensure Jordan Poole "got help or got better" mentally from his employer and his coach choosing his assaulter over him? Because JP was annoying?

IIRC, the Warriors were mocking the Kings for getting a chest xray for Sabonis...and Draymond joked that he was getting an ankle xray because Sabonis had his arm wrapped around his ankle.

So, yes- we can fuck all the way off with this "but won't anyone protect precious Dray? And look out for him and make him all better" rhetoric that the Warriors/Dray's team is trying to spin.

Jr9065 · 2023-12-15T22:26:25+00:00

Draymond is no victim. This “get the help” he needs his BS. He clearly has bad habits he has to address.

cock-a-dooodle-do · 2023-12-15T22:38:03+00:00

This is league helping itself. They did the same to Ja. They are saying these players are not assholes, they have a problem. But in reality, they are assholes.

League is doing it for it's upcoming contract.

iDestroyedYoMama · 2023-12-15T23:40:49+00:00

That’s what annoys me the most about the “We need to get him help.” narrative. He’s the abuser, not the victim. Fuck his redemption arc.

iRockaflame · 2023-12-15T22:08:04+00:00

Based Perk

Uniqlo · 2023-12-15T22:15:04+00:00

I'm here for the Perkins redemption arc.

KobeDenver03 · 2023-12-15T22:41:11+00:00

Adam silver should beat the shit out of Draymond to teach him a lesson

Nsfwaccount123xd · 2023-12-15T22:22:59+00:00

Perk redemption arc

Duct-Tape-Soup · 2023-12-15T22:23:14+00:00

STOP MAKING ME AGREE WITH YOU, PERK!

sharklavapit · 2023-12-15T23:36:33+00:00

Perkins is on a roll, man

SarcasticlySpeaking · 2023-12-15T23:44:00+00:00

Goddammit, I'm starting to like Perk!

need2peeat218am · 2023-12-15T23:50:45+00:00

Shoutout to Draymond for redeeming Gobert and now Perk

mmaguy123 · 2023-12-15T22:35:41+00:00

Who knew Perkins would be in the running for MIP post retirement

Which_Hawk_7712 · 2023-12-15T22:19:04+00:00

Perk is cooking lately tf

jonsnow23 · 2023-12-15T22:56:13+00:00

Jesus this guy is not missing!

Disastrous-Limit2333 · 2023-12-15T22:45:05+00:00

Perk just be parroting r/nba comments

Cwgoff · 2023-12-15T23:28:57+00:00

For everyone saying they just started agreeing with Perk, did you agree with him when he went after Kyrie, Harden, Durant, or Ja?

Dude has been pretty much making strong opinions against some players for some time.

CoachDT · 2023-12-15T23:33:10+00:00

Perk snitched on himself at the end, and some of yall going "wow I can't believe I agree with Perk" are kinda doing the same. This isn't about 'holding someone accountable publicly', Perk just wants Kerr to shit on Dray lmao. That's it. That's the point of all of the bitching he's been doing about it.

Dray needs to be punished and imo I don't like the idea of it being "indefinite". If Ja can get 25 games for not actually hurting someone, then Dray can get at least 25 for actually punching someone in the face unprovoked. This wasn't a scuffle or a scrap, dude just swung on somebody because he was upset.

AngeloMontana · 2023-12-15T23:48:38+00:00

Kendrick Perkins on a mission to say only the right things from now on!

read-only2 · 2023-12-16T00:02:20+00:00

Welcome to the Perkaissance

Mattie_Doo · 2023-12-16T01:03:35+00:00

This place is insufferable. You all have to analyze every comment, press conference, tweet, etc. and pass judgment.

Steve Kerr stands up and expresses sympathy for his player, who he has worked with for almost a decade, and you guys run to Reddit to let us know that this is immoral behavior or whatever. Get over yourselves

Shaq_Fu_Da_Return · 2023-12-15T22:27:52+00:00

Bizarro Perk. I love this guy

00812533 · 2023-12-15T22:16:54+00:00

While I understand what Perk is saying. What do they want him to say. If he comes out and publicly shits on Dray then they’ll say “his coach doesn’t have his back, he’s suppose to say that stuff in private and defend him in Public, blah blah blah”.

Have they been enabling Dray, maybe, but I think it’s a lose lose situation for Kerr no matter what approach he takes here

hyborians · 2023-12-15T23:06:50+00:00

The guy has no impulse control. He’s a grown man. Why is he being treated like a child needing help? Kerr is just unbearable and I can’t take him seriously anymore on any issue.

SadThing3133 · 2023-12-15T22:32:26+00:00

draymond has almost single-handedly reversed the reputations of perk and Rudy. its wild.

ImS33 · 2023-12-15T23:48:37+00:00

This shit is not complicated. This is a guy he has to go to work with and coach every season for years. He is not going to come out with fire and bash everything Draymond did no matter how he feels about it and he will keep that same energy for everyone else he has to work with. Kerr wants to continue being able to communicate with and play basketball with Draymond Green so Kerr is going to be as respectful and helpful as he can be. Everyone else just wants to feel good and see him fuck up their personal relationship so they can feel validated by Kerr saying what everyone else is saying lmao this is so stupid

I swear people that don't understand what is happening have never had to work closely with a problematic person. Kerr right now gets to decide if he wants the media to agree with him or if he wants to have a problem with Dray for the rest of potentially forever. He can still try and get Dray to change and push him to be better without coming out in the media and saying some shit that Dray probably would feel betrayed by thus fucking up the work relationship forever. Anyone expecting Kerr to do that is an idiot at best and at worst they're trying to push Kerr into making his own job/life worse for impressions

When you beat some kids ass at school because you were a little idiot back then did we have an assembly where your teachers/parents came out and publicly ridiculed your actions? No you went into an office and received your punishment and then went home and probably got your ass whooped and talked to. When HR has a problem with someone do they call in the whole company to shit talk them and live stream it to everyone? Nope you're quietly fired or sent for some type of training to hopefully save the working relationship and so on. You do not come out and throw people you have close relationships with under the bus. You work with them in private in whatever way you need to

Folk-Herro · 2023-12-15T22:48:26+00:00

I mean damn, you wanted him to say something and now he did and you guys are mad at how he said it?

BoneyardBill · 2023-12-15T22:10:47+00:00

Did the holidays put some reason into perk?

thee177 · 2023-12-15T23:08:56+00:00

Fuck off perkins.

leighjet · 2023-12-15T23:33:52+00:00

Perk saw people agreeing with him for once and decided to eat.

Reinheardt · 2023-12-15T23:39:58+00:00

Kendrick Perkins has been fucking crushing it this week. Shout out to Rudy Go-brrr

dLoneRanger · 2023-12-15T23:43:29+00:00

Kerr the Enabler 😂🏀

HermanFlemming · 2023-12-15T23:45:24+00:00

New rankings are in for Most Improved Player, Perk is #1

AldiaWasRight · 2023-12-15T23:45:36+00:00

Perkolatin'

Next-Team · 2023-12-15T23:45:44+00:00

Perk has been on fire recently

mecon320 · 2023-12-15T23:45:51+00:00

Where has THIS Perk been the whole time?

ULTRALIGHTBEN · 2023-12-15T23:48:03+00:00

perk has been on a roll recently fr

Large_Mango · 2023-12-15T23:48:11+00:00

Park been cloned. I’m calling him Dolly now

Looieanthony · 2023-12-15T23:50:15+00:00

%100 spot on, Kendrick.

Tjengel · 2023-12-15T23:52:42+00:00

Kerr legit scared to get rocked like Poole by Draymond. He is on thin ice having a kid named nick

N-I-K-E · 2023-12-15T23:54:01+00:00

Typical.. first he say he want Kerr to address it. Kerr addressed it, now he saying he has a problem with the way he said it lmaooooooo

wayedorian · 2023-12-16T00:04:29+00:00

Downvoted for posting a Kendrick Perkins take

TrafficOn405 · 2023-12-16T00:06:27+00:00

Empty calories observation by Perkins.

Kerr was being diplomatic as expected:

MartianMule · 2023-12-16T00:16:46+00:00

Quotations aren't for paraphrasing. If you're gonna quote somebody and omit part of the actual quote, you've got to add ellipsis.

thebassedgodd · 2023-12-16T00:30:38+00:00

Ok now react to Nurkic and Gobert themselves saying the same exact thing that Kerr has said

FateRiddle · 2023-12-16T00:35:48+00:00

Perks' takes at the top of the first page 3 days in a row. I'm done, this is living proof the majority of this sub is _____

And they'll downvote me because of my flag, too, dispite I'm being a Draymond hater.

OffensivlyChallenged · 2023-12-16T01:12:48+00:00

/r/nba will even upvote perk to trash green

Sabotagebx · 2023-12-16T01:23:15+00:00

Im here for Draymond being gone for good tbh. Let this be some trash player. he gone. fuck draymond

SongOfBlueIceAndWire · 2023-12-15T23:04:32+00:00

This man is literally just trying to appease this sub at this point lmao. Fucking pathetic.

FallacyFrank · 2023-12-15T22:21:31+00:00

This circlejerk has gotten so hilarious.

If kerr showed up to Drays house to perform a citizens arrest yall would cry that Kerr is just trying to protect him from the cops.

KreyBlay · 2023-12-15T23:31:49+00:00

Because Kerr doesn't actually care that Dray takes cheap shots at players, he only cares that Dray is getting suspended for doing it. If other teams did to the warriors what Dray does to other teams, I bet Kerr would be screaming and furious.

by_yes_i_mean_no · 2023-12-15T23:57:06+00:00

Perkins has never gotten over the fake pom poms tbh

AnkitPancakes · 2023-12-15T22:55:24+00:00

Perk is absolutely cooking with these Draymond takes

ashep5 · 2023-12-15T23:00:24+00:00

3 dubs in a row for Perk. Challenging Gobert for the comeback award.

BramptonBatallion · 2023-12-15T23:27:22+00:00

Steve Kerr is a massive hypocrite

UhMeh12 · 2023-12-15T23:54:45+00:00

Perk a lame

DavidManque · 2023-12-16T00:24:10+00:00

No one should ever care what Perk has to say about anything, even when he's accidentally correct

Powers6 · 2023-12-15T22:30:18+00:00

Damn I never thought I’d be over here agreeing with perk lol wild times.

ThonThaddeo · 2023-12-15T22:48:47+00:00

Trying to shift focus onto criticism of the media. Shameless.

Further, despite what Zach Lowe is saying, Steve Kerr did not list every transgression, and instead portrayed it as a recent shift in behavior. After 'not seeing the clip' for years.

Nightmannn · 2023-12-15T23:24:42+00:00

Lmao wtf do you jokers want Kerr to actually say? He's put the blame squarely on Draymond and said he needs professional help.

Zhekadub · 2023-12-15T22:40:53+00:00

Perkins is just straight up saying all the right stuff. I’m confused.

anesthesiologist2 · 2023-12-15T23:18:36+00:00

This is solid proof that Kerr is in a lose-lose situation.

automatic4skin · 2023-12-15T23:18:48+00:00

I’d like to repost a comment about being mad because I agree with perk. How do I do that

blakeibooTTV · 2023-12-15T23:23:06+00:00

Draymond Green is a CIA psyop to boost ESPN and kendrick perkins ratings and viewership

FindingCharming128 · 2023-12-15T23:41:52+00:00

Same thing with Ja Morant. Stop making these punks vulnerable and let them get away with it countless times. I don’t even know what debate we are having here. He deserved all the punishments he received. Period.

porpoiseslayer · 2023-12-15T23:09:25+00:00

Kerr: “draymond needs to change” Perk: “hE’s SayInG DrayMoNd’s the VIctIm!!”

DerrickMcChicken · 2023-12-15T22:45:18+00:00

what is going on in the simulation where Perk is speaking facts

McJumbos · 2023-12-15T23:01:38+00:00

LMAOOO Perkins still has a job

Aggravating-Proof716 · 2023-12-15T23:07:41+00:00

Real talk

IcedCoughy · 2023-12-15T23:18:26+00:00

These dudes as bad as FOX news I swear

iLoveBrazilianGirls · 2023-12-15T23:22:17+00:00

WTF is happening??? Perk with back to back W?

bdaydeedayday · 2023-12-15T23:31:37+00:00

wtf. Perk actually having good takes? But seriously, all memes aside, he is absolutely right. IDK why the narrative shifted to "Draymond needs help". As if this wasn't exactly who he was his entire career, and exactly what the warriors pay him for. He just took it too far this time and is being called out for it, and now the warriors have to save face cause they have massive amounts of egg on it.

PM-Me-Your-BeesKnees · 2023-12-15T23:32:09+00:00

Possible unpopular opinion: it's not cool the way that mental health has turned from being an under-recognized issue in modern America, especially for men, into a weaponized tool for avoiding accountability, as in: "actually, if you think about it, the asshole is the victim here" kind of thing. Draymond may well have mental health issues, but my gut reaction here is that he has basically played like an asshole his entire career. He's been an asshole off the court. He is a violent, out of control person.

He's been getting away with violence for YEARS because he's an NBA basketball player. Even off the court: he assaulted an MSU football player and was arrested in 2016.

His number of incidents per season is really ramping up this year, but this is nothing new. Draymond Green doesn't need help, he needs accountability.

well_shore411 · 2023-12-15T23:33:57+00:00

Damn never thought I’d ever agree with this moron.

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