Kendrick Perkins never hesitates to criticize Kyrie Irving. Even though the two spent time together as members of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the ESPN NBA analyst always calls out Irving when the opportunity presents itself.
With the NBA planning the resumption of the 2019-20 NBA season for late July and Irving leading the coalition of players who don’t want to play, Perkins has joined those who’ve been critical of the Brooklyn Nets point guard.
After criticizing Irving on ESPN’s “Get Up” Wednesday morning for showing his “lack of leadership,” Perkins indicating he knew more about what Irving was saying in a Tweet that featured a few profanities, which the retired center deleted. Perkins then came back with another tweet, teasing similar information but with a different presentation:
Excuse my last tweet…but I really took it light on Kyrie today because I really could Expose the “Cupcake” BS that he’s really doing behind those phone conversations!!! Carry on…
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) June 17, 2020
In addition to retweeting a video that mocked Perkins on Twitter, Durant called out his former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate, labeling him as a “sell out.”
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