Just a few years after they were teammates on the court, Kevin Durant and Kendrick Perkins traded barbs with each other on Thursday night in another heated Twitter exchange involving one of the NBA’s biggest stars.
It all started when former Thunder center, Kendrick Perkins, tweeted out that Westbrook was the best to ever wear an Oklahoma City jersey, calling him “Mr. Thunder”.
That statement received some pushback from Celtics reporter Marc D’Amico, who noted that Westbrook never made it past the second round without Durant.
He put together the best career within that organization, but he’s definitely not the best player to have ever put on a jersey for them. Cmon Perk!
— Marc D’Amico (@Marc_DAmico) January 9, 2020
I think Russ walked right into the door called “Second Round of the Playoffs” – THREE STRAIGHT TIMES!
— Marc D’Amico (@Marc_DAmico) January 9, 2020
KD lost in the second round without Russ when I was there. So what that mean?
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 9, 2020
And that’s where Durant finally decided to chime in on the conversation, pointing out Perkins only managed to average two points and three rebounds in that series as the starting center.
This apparently didn’t sit well with Perkins, who responded by criticizing Durant’s decision to leave the Thunder and join the Golden State Warriors.
Boy stop you did the weakest move in NBA History!!! Up on a team 3-1 in the western conference finals and then go join them the following season?! Heart of Champion right there
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 10, 2020
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 10, 2020
That’s fine!!! You worked that hard and still had to go join a 73-9 team. Truth be told you don’t even feel like a real Champ, you have hard time sleeping at night huh knowing that you took the coward way out!!!
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 10, 2020
Perkins and Durant are close friends, but this isn’t the first scuffle between the two in recent years. Perkins, while playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers gave Durant the middle finger while he was talking to reporters during the 2018 NBA Finals, according to USA Today. That was apparently driven by competitive frustration.
There is no telling how far this feud will go, or what the fallout will look like. This sort of thing would ruin a normal friendship, but only time will tell if Durant and Perkins can come back from this.
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