Kendrick Perkins took aim at his former teammate Kevin Durant during a Twitter beef that got personal on Thursday night.
Matters began when Perkins tweeted early Thursday that he was going on “SportsCenter” to share his opinion on why Russell Westbrook is “Mr. Thunder” and the best player to ever play for the Thunder.
Perk’s declaration was clearly a shot at Durant, because KD is widely recognized as a superior player to Westbrook but left the Thunder. Celtics media personality Marc D’Amico called out Perkins for the take, and the two traded responses.
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
Well guess what? It didn’t take long for Durant to chime in. Durant took a shot at Perkins, pointing out the former Thunder center’s poor stats.
Yea and our starting center @KendrickPerkins averaged a whopping 2 and 3 during that series. U played hard tho champ lol
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 10, 2020
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 10, 2020
Perkins then broke out the bazooka, calling out Durant for making the “weakest move in NBA history” for leaving the Thunder to join the 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
Durant told someone else he responded to Perkins because the former Thunder center has been jabbing him for a while, so he decided to finally hit back.
Haha Nah perk just been shooting his lil shots at me for a minute.
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 10, 2020
Durant may regret things, because Perkins delivered the knockout blow, hitting Durant deep by saying the former MVP “took the coward way out” by joining the Warriors.
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
That sort of barb gets under Durant’s skin and hits him right in his biggest insecurity. Perkins knew exactly where to get his former teammate and didn’t hold back.
Perkins may show total favoritism, but one thing he does not do is hide his true feelings.
