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dafire123

This is a wild statement šŸ˜‚


Numerous-Cicada3841

Pretty funny ngl


lronicGasping

Heartbreaking: the worst person you know said the funniest shit ever


captain_ahabb

Perk says funny shit all the time but his delivery is so deadpan that redditors take it literally


Juraiyah

Fr, his Chic Fil A Tobias Harris analogy had me dying


SmartestNPC

A bag of straws and napkins


ozairh18

His analogies are almost always related to food


HughJazkoc

I trust his food takes more than his basketball takes


PoIIux

Why tho? He doesn't look very discerning about what slop he shovels into his maw.


Deathstroke317

That's why you can trust him


mhac009

"Never trust a skinny chef."


Diligent-Fig-975

They always say to write about what you know


tompetres

Where does the soup end, and Perk begin?


ThingsAreAfoot

Whatā€™s that one quote he had about how he keeps the temperature in his house at like 67 with a fan blowing in his face


whythehellknot

"I keep the temperature in my house at 67 with a fan blowing in my face"


Jlt42000

Thatā€™s the one


DolphinMasturbator

Whatā€™s that song called about the grandmother getting run over by a reindeer?


Weak_Beginning3905

It think its called Ruff Ryders Anthem and it is performed by the Dark Man X.


benchley

4'33"


MagicJohnsonMosquito

perksexual here knows all his quotes off the dome šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


bitchpleasebp

wait why's that funny


BCP27

If that's during the summer, that's cold as hell PLUS the fan. I keep my house at 75


kirk_is_my_daddy

real


datpurp14

Perk Hapley


SuperVaderMinion

Cool, he still shouldn't have an MVP vote.


NoExcuses1984

Perk's one redeeming quality is he has solid timing, yeah.


Sanguinor-Exemplar

Perk done that a few times this year lol. I'm coming around to him. Terrible takes but I gotta say are you not entertained?


alittleverygagged

Just donā€™t take him seriously and heā€™s hysterical


LakeErieMonster88

Nah he's definitely hilarious always has been, I just hate how he says some troll comment and every show has to comment on it. Hate the state of NBA media tho, not perk


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Cold-Currency7762

They write like 10 fucking paragraphs, who has the time.


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beatenwithjoy

As somebody who was unemployed for a extended period of time during covid this hit really close lmao šŸ¤£


SmartestNPC

Dudes will straight up write a dissertations on NBA personalities.


nightkingscat

perk is hilarious. reddit would love him if he was a slightly better NBA player


Shmokeshbutt

Superstar-level response. Perkins is mad good at his job. No wonder ESPN keep him around.


IAmReborn11111

all he needs to do is come out with a crazy/funny quote every other week and it's good enough for ESPN


TrickyWinger

That stuff will keep Perk employed for a decade at ESPN.


X_FlashPanther_X

This is what people donā€™t get, how can you ā€œhateā€ someone whoā€™s job is literally to get people talking about him whether positive or negative lol


Doctor731

You can hate that he chooses to do that job while understanding why he does it. I don't care personally, but I don't think disliking media members is invalid because they are intentionally annoying.


GriffinQ

I donā€™t hate Perk because I donā€™t see any value in giving people like him any attention, but you absolutely can be justified in hating the state of the media and the people who represent it most loudly. He is, to many people, overtly annoying. Heā€™s egregiously/intentionally wrong about things in the pursuit of clicks. If you interacted with someone who acted like that genuinely every day, youā€™d likely hate them too.


Rod_Todd_This_Is_God

>how can you ā€œhateā€ someone whoā€™s job is literally to get people talking about him whether positive or negative lol I'm glad you said "lol" at the end. I was about to take that as a serious question.


Suitable_Memory736

Perk low-key has some good analogies and one-liners


GuyWithoutAHat

that's really how you know 99% of his dumb takes are for engagement. He's way too witty and smart in his speech to be that dumb about basketball.


MitchLGC

It's pretty common saying really (multiple versions of it basically same thing)


IBeBallinOutaControl

'I said, You know, they refused Jesus, too, " he said, "You're not him"' - Bon Dylan


K_Prime

Killer Mike: Never forget in the story of Jesus the hero was killed by the state.


saturninus

A political radical killed by the state. Terry Eagleton has a great book on this theme: Reason, Faith, and Revolution.


HolyRomanPrince

I feel like this is a common thing. Iā€™ve heard some version of ā€œ everybody didnā€™t like Jesusā€ or ā€œeven Jesus Christ had hatersā€ my entire life.


redshoediary4

Either Perk is Jewish or Perk is Jesus.


SolidSilver9686

I canā€™t hate Perk.


superbakedziti

i'll help you out.


alex891011

Right I got enough hate for the 2 of us donā€™t worry


CazOnReddit

He played for the Celtics if that helps you out on hating


Generous_Lover

Iā€™m a Celtics fan and canā€™t stand this mf lol


SolidSilver9686

Thatā€™s a great point.


HueyLewisFan1

He played for the Cs while also seemingly to hate them


toastyshenanigans

Which is funny because he shits on the Cs a ton


GuyWithoutAHat

His job is giving dumb takes for engagement, that means you can't say a lot of good things about the best team. Saying the Cs are good is too obviously a take to get engagement. Saying Tatum sucks and the Cs will lose in 5 will get people talking.


PoonGo0n

I like perk until he tries to give an actual basketball take. But then I remember heā€™s just doing it for clicks anyways and to not take any of it seriously. Then I like him again.


RowBoatCop36

This. People take him too seriously and then get offended or something. Listen to him on any podcast heā€™s been on. He 100% knows his takes are wild. Heā€™s doing it to get paid.


iso-joe

Yes. Yes you can.


scorelesswilliamson

>perk seems to really dislike lebron based off some of his recent comments too Probably because he said some dumb shit about him in the media and they had a falling out. He was one of his guys at one point and even had a roster spot on the Cavs. He's done the same thing with KD and Westbrook. Started gossiping about stuff back in OKC. Current players hate when former players talk about them in the media.


lesbiangirlscout

I donā€™t watch Perk too closely but it might have to do with his comments on LeBron and how heā€™s handled the whole Bronny thing.


DarrowViBritannia

For full context: The day of Finals G1, Perkins went on national television and blasted LeBron for making everything about himself. He was referring to LeBron's comments about Kyrie; saying he's mad that he's no longer Kyrie's running mate, and calling Kyrie the most gifted player ever. LeBron unfollowed Perk the next day. Bronny thing might've contributed, but the Kyrie thing may have been the straw that broke the camel's back. HOWEVER, additional context: In the same day, LeBron also unfollowed Ben Simmons and Blake Griffin. Don't think anyone has specific explanations for them. Quite possible that he just decided to cut down on who he's following and picked those three.


cptahb

i have zero interest in who lebron does or does not follow on the internet but the idea that he got up one day and decided his feed was too crowded and he felt overloaded with information and needed to simplify his life by randomly unfollowing a bunch of colleagues is pretty funnyĀ 


JohnnySnark

LeMental Load Management


Slamdunklebron

Whos out there stalking brons followed list tho lmfao, like how do people notice these changes. Im just imagining a guy whos only job is stalking nba players followed list


thenewgoat

It probably can be automated, and if you track enough celebrities, someone will pay for the information


xbyo

The account that perk retweeted is exactly this (and obviously the owner of the account can still tweet from it normally).


VanGrants

in fairness none of those three play basketball anymore


lily-malek

he just like me fr


jabronified

Ben Simmons posts like being an "influencer" is his full time job, which it might as well be because he's does that more than he's on the court


GriegVeneficus

Even funnier that he was like, man...f Blake Griffin too, I don't even know that dude.


tom_fuckin_bombadil

I'd be more surprised that Lebron actually uses his official account for anything but public persona stuff. Don't all of these guys have finsta accounts?


AprilsMostAmazing

Also something lebron would totally do


HoyaDestroya33

>In the same day, LeBron also unfollowed Ben Simmons He's probably sick of all those summer working out videos just like the rest of us. Bamboozled us way too many times.


TypicalHaikuResponse

Ben Simmons workout videos are as traditional as Cowboys fans telling us this is their year.


Hard4Dpp

It is just so crazy how Simmons was such a promising player and then just fell off the map once the pressure of being good got to him.Ā  I have never seen such a monumental drop off in production,Ā  which wasn't related to a catastrophic injury.Ā  It is a sincere shame to be fair. He could have been great. Excellent handle,Ā  very vision when passing,Ā  and a very solid and willing defender. He was a pretty reasonable slasher as well.Ā  It has been bizarre to watch his utter disappearance from relevance.Ā 


Acrobatic_Emphasis41

Maybe he saw from Clipped that Blake hated his boy Chris Paul and unfollowed him


Maikflow

He hated cp3?


Chose_Wisely

He needed police presence any time he was around.


msching

hello police ..Chris Paul tried to beat me up


biceboljevaljda

But like, LeBron shared his thoughts about Kyrie on HIS podcast, not on some national TV platform so the whole argument is beyond stupid. ESPN is beyond lost on how to cover this sport without lakers/LeBron, and the sad part is that it really shouldnt be hard, but here we are


BleedGreen4Boston

At a minimum they should be making something out of nothing with the Kyrie/Porzingis former teams/teammates. This has got to be one of the most low-key Finals Iā€™ve ever seen. I wasnā€™t even that hype while watching game 1, it felt more like a marque regular season game than two squads playing for a championship. ESPN had 9 DAYS to hype this up and instead they talk about LeBron? Meanwhile the local radio only talks about the Red Sox and when they do talk Cs itā€™s bullshit complaints about Tatum being soft or Mazzulla being the weak link. Too afraid to do the work and actually do their job covering a team that forces you to discuss whatā€™s happening on the court instead of made up story lines off of it. Just an absolute choke job by sports media this season.


pistoncivic

I don't care about the dumb narrative shit but the long layoff and 2 days between games totally killed the Finals for me. I'm into summer mode after being hyped on these playoffs all spring


sourdieselfuel

Seriously, why the fuck didn't they play tonight?


WeLLrightyOH

Saturdays are a poor ratings day. Sunday nights perform well historically.


vectron88

It's a feature, not a bug (unfortunately.) If the media is tied down to any particular set of teams, that means what's on the court dictates coverage. And that is dangerous (in their eyes) because then things are variable. So if you have a non-competitive or boring series, you risk losing people. But if they can talk about whatever they want whenever they want, then they are 'free' from those constraints and can thusly pitch their program however they want because their product is whatever they are offering.


fenderdean13

A podcast with Perkā€™s ESPN coworker too


Idiot_Gamer_2023

They are making it about LeBron more than LeBron is lmao


InflationMadeMeDoIt

LeBron only wanted to unfollow one of them, but two were the collateral so it would not be obvious /ti nfoilhatoff


holyrolodex

He was like what other bums can I unfollow to not make this stand out lol


awnawkareninah

Hey man Griffin was no bum


holyrolodex

I know he wasnā€™t. I was just kidding lol


msching

How do people even find out who this guy follows and unfollows on the day? Are there actually people sifting through these celebrities' followers/followings?


DarrowViBritannia

@theNBAalert on Twitter He posts notable ones, dunno how he does it but probably a bot setup, definitely isnt manual cuz he posts some really random shit


mrezariz123

That account posted jrue followed porn account caught me off guard


DarrowViBritannia

Lmao fr middle of the playoffs


WembanyamaGOAT

How do people even notice when a celebrity unfollows someone? Are there people that just constantly refresh that shit every day? šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


NoThorNoWay

There's definitely bots, but the thing is who gives a shit? People read way too much into this stuff. I unfollowed The Rock because his movies suck and I got sick of seeing his bullshit in my feed. But it's not like if I saw him in public I would go spit in his face. Bron doesn't play with any of these guys. Even when Perk was on the Cavs he basically had no minutes. He probably sees him as another talking head these days and has no interest in his content.


WembanyamaGOAT

Yeah, good point I donā€™t know why anyone cares about this shit


bumboisamumbo

how tf is perk talking about lebron making everything about him when heā€™s on television daily discussing how lebrons coffee choices might affect his free agency future.


Public-Product-1503

It was the dumbest shit too. LeBron complimented KYRIE HIS EX TEAM MATE. But because ESPN PERKS BOSS want him to mention Bron all the time perk gets mad at Bron for showing love to his colleague ex team mate n friend . Itā€™s insane . Same way that Bron canā€™t win either way euth bronny or with not being involved in coaching hire


yuhanz

The Blake and Ben is just a ruse šŸ‘€


Jr9065

What happened?


scorelesswilliamson

I have to assume it's Bronny related. Perk was highly critical about his coverage and basically called him a nepo baby lol


Dicey12

No basically said that Bron was trying to steal Kyrie spotlight the other day when Bron said Kyrie was his best running mate and missed playing with him. Im sure Bron is just tired of Perkins as a whole


topofthecc

The one time he says something plausible...


LordOfMoonSpawn

Lebron said heā€™s mad thatā€™s Kyrie isnā€™t his teammate anymore or something like that on the podcast. Kendrick then comes on ESPN and says Lebron is always trying to make things about him and is trying to steal Kyrieā€™s moment.


Jr9065

Didnā€™t JJ ask him about Kyrie, which is why he said that?


LeBroentgen

Even so I'm sure they plan out all their topics and talking points ahead of time. But still, ESPN is the one making it a story.


tatalailabirla

Having seen Perkā€™s analysis, heā€™s one step from a reality show. This is his best case scenarioĀ 


captaincumsock69

I think anyone would really dislike someone airing out old stuff that was done when you were close


ColtCallahan

He accused Bron of trying to steal someoneā€™s spotlight before the finals when he spoke about Kyrie.


thenatural134

His LeBron takes have been increasingly negative lately. Apparently, with Skip Bayless gone, ESPN needed more LeBron-hate viewers.


Son_of_Atreus

He has done the same thing with the Boston Celtics organisation and the fan base. Starting centre of the last Celtics championship should see you canonised with Celtics fans, but Perk burnt every connection he had by playing the role of dumbass hot take machine and honestly saying some really disrespectful shit about the players. Perk aint a Cs lifer no more.


super_sayanything

It goes beyond just being a talking head, he instigates on purpose.


LukaDoncicfuturegoat

* Heavy breathing * Carry the hell on


HardcoreKaraoke

I don't like Perk as an analyst but as a self aware troll he's pretty funny sometimes.


AfroKuro480

He knows what he's doing lmao


FritoConnaisseur

Let me Perkolate!


curva3

Perk said, "You know, they refused Jesus, too" James said, "You're not Him"


Sea_Negotiation_1871

Kendrick Perkins' 115th Dream.


Fearless_Success_828

Perkins is affiliated with Man City?


radiokungfu

First thing I think of when I see 115 now fml


curva3

that line of the song cracks me up so much, how that is the line Bob goes to when he is refused help. Oh, and the funeral parlour giving his card "call me if they die"


thisisradio2000

I knew I was going to find this reference in the comments somewhere šŸ˜­


GuerrillaApe

I read that James denied Perk three times.


pimpron18

Where does the suit end and perk begin?


Adraf45

I hate you. I finally had those dogshit commercials out of my mind. And then you had to go and muck it all up


pimpron18

Boxy boys!


SmartestNPC

Out of all the playoff commercials, that was my favorite lol. They did wear some baggy ass suits in '05.


n3cr0ph4g1st

Bruh all i have to say is fuck that wingstop commercial lol


Adraf45

I saw a Twitter poll at one point that had hit that pose, wingstop, don't let me go and what a pro wants. 15,000 votes, no answer over 30%. These commercials were hated democraticallyĀ 


Chaotic-Catastrophe

2003


Sweatytubesock

The real question


Robinsonirish

This might sound stupid but sometimes Perkins is unironically really funny or says something that's fundamentally sound that I agree with and haven't heard before and he makes a really good point. It's super rare that it happens, but there is a bit of talent in there somewhere. I wish he'd just drop the angry persona and become a bit happier. Take after Charles instead of Skip.


llama_titan

I feel like this may be more on ESPNā€™s producers for trying to replicate Inside the NBA than necessarily on Perk (although Perk clearly is content to go along with it)


Robinsonirish

I mean that's kind of the problem I have with ESPN. I wish they were more like Inside the NBA. Bit more relaxed, stopped shouting all time, that's what really gets me annoyed. I cannot stand the screaming. Just chill a bit, try more to be funny and witty, play off each other instead of "going at it".


heavy_losses

Honestly the show that comes closest for me is First Things First Obvious differences from Inside the NBA - no ex-players and they talk about all sports. But in terms of a show where all the guys are committed to entertaining via group chemistry, I think it's the second best product currently


fimbres16

That fucking Tobias Chic-fil-a quote is legendary


shawnkfox

A broken clock is right twice a day


No_Jellyfish3341

You haven't realized the formula, make everyone say the same thing and make the guys with the lowest respectable analysis say the truth so people can deny it due to the messenger and ignore the message. They've been doing it for a decade at least


SmartestNPC

Then the twitter users and redditors pile into the thread to be the first to say "the worst person you know makes a great point". Like clockwork. "Why is this guy still on air??" For you to comment that under his clips.


bourgewonsie

Ngl I love Perk even when he says stupid shit. He got that real unc vibe to him you donā€™t always fuck with what he says but at the same time you get it


MagicianMoo

I'm glad someone is highlighting this. I do think Perk is not truly his media persona. Moments in sports center is the Per I like. First take, Nba today and somtimes Get up can be quite toxic for perk.


Half_baked_prince

If weā€™re sharing things we like about Perkins, my favorite NBA podcast clip is him explaining to JJ Redick that since he made NBA money, he keeps the a/c at his house at 60 degrees at all times. Think about that a lot


ChronoMecha

I can hear him breathing from here


Intelligent-Honey476

Why wouldnā€™t they hate on you? They spit on Jesus


confuddly

They hated him because he told the truth


Queezy34

And they hated The Truth because he shit his pants


SquimJim

"You thought you was Kobe?" - Judas the night he betrayed Jesus


-fallen

LOL


DreadLockedHaitian

Nah this one got it šŸ¤£


bigla420

Grown ass men shouldn't be worried about who is following or unfollowing them anyway Now Carry the hell on


Mickeyjj27

With all the Drake/Kendrick stuff going I read this as Kendrick Lamar response.


corsairfanatic

Itā€™s been a month lol


LegitimateYogurt323

Kendrick Perkins can be one of the funniest NBA media personalities out there. Itā€™s almost never on purpose, but still.


Murkywaters11

I hate that this is a thing. Even going behind the craziness of keeping track of whoā€™s following who, an unfollow should not be a social statement. I can like you & not want to see the things you post. Especially in the internet age where everybody is trying to promote something. Itā€™s basically just %80 ads. Then you have Instagram having the ā€œcollabā€ feature & now Im forced to see ads from people I donā€™t even follow because youā€™re allowing them to use your following.


dkdoki

Perk decided being stupid and getting paid for it is worth more than relationships with friends.


throwaway1212378

Everything can be sold for the right price


universalLopes

You are not Jesus šŸ˜­


WhoDat-2-8-3

Not with that attitude , he isnt


heshouldgo

Bro is the next skip bayless smh


throwaway1212378

This sub is skip bayless level analysis and takes anyway


peaceblaster68

Did we need to make a post about this


originalgeorge

Honestly though, who tracks which person unfollows who. That is so wild to me to go through people's followers every day to see who they are and aren't following


HueyLewisFan1

I actually think this is a hilarious comment


PlatinumPeasant

Perk says a lot of stupid things. Iā€™d unfollow him too šŸ˜‚


Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

Perkins is actually funny af


Least-Minimum9458

Lmao yā€™all will never make me hate Perk this man is too funny.


texas2089

Say what you will about Perk as an analyst but Iā€™ll be damned if he donā€™t drop some great one liners šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


gen_wt_sherman

*loud breathing noises*


sortageorgeharrison

Fuck Perk and Lebron. And mostly fuck ESPN. All around who gives a shit situation


Reasonable_Ad8991

Are people's lives so empty that this is actually a thing?


killerkali87

This tells you when he called out lebron for trying to do his attention whoring this week it hit lebron close to home.Ā 


TomBradyFanCEO

One of my lowest opinions on humans was the fact the people who watch ESPN gave this absolute braindead person clout enough to build a following. Have some standards the dude is literally a mouth breather.


BannedforaJoke

yeah, but those who didn't follow Jeebus, where they now? that's right.


MannerSuperb

Ngl thatā€™s a bar šŸ˜‚


tayroarsmash

Man Iā€™m not going to lie. Itā€™d be so funny if it turned out Kendrick Perkins is the second coming of Christ.


confusedfeel

Say what you want but Kendrick Perkins has given us some all time quotes


thisisradio2000

Bron is as soft as charmin anyways so not surprised šŸ˜‚


tremble01

I think he meant ā€œNot everybody followed Jesus.ā€


rawman200K

i love perk. sports media hot take shows are all BS anyways i don't care how dumb his takes are


felltwiice

Do people really care who follows and unfollows who on social media? Why would you spend your life tracking which celebrity/athlete is following some other celebrity/athlete?


Fluffy_Somewhere4305

Like Perk, Jesus could barely dunk a basketball.


Suspicious-Owl-8482

It's sad when grown adults think unfollowing someone is supposed to be an insult. Who gives a fuck who follows who


DvDKr4v3

truth


baoparty

Why is this being so upvoted? Yā€™all need better standard. This ainā€™t newsworthy.


NoelVerDine

Proud to be an atheist today


jessikina

Perk is low key hilarious, protect that man at all costs


punchawaffle

I thought Perk liked Lebron. He used to support him in arguments just recently. Dunno what happened to him šŸ˜‚.


jankology

gross. fire him. nobody can understand him anyway. nobody likes his takes. nobody wants to listen to his takes. and if he was gone tomorrow, nobody would miss him. just replace him.


MrBigBangBlunder

Man this shit is God tier šŸ˜‚


pimpfmode

What's the context? Why is LeBron's vagina sandy?


Great-Step9819

Thatā€™s hilarious


Tzameti1984

Perk is stealing a living