Shortly after dropping 14 points, 15 rebounds, and eight assists in the Golden State Warriorsโ closeout win against the Grizzlies Friday night,ย Draymond Greenย went off onย Kendrick Perkinsย for criticizing his recent performances in the playoffs.
โSomething came to my phone earlier,โ Green said to reporters. โSome guy saying Iโm scared to shoot the basketball. Scared and me in the same sentence is brutal. But you got a big ogre on TV talking about what Draymond says ainโt the gospel. It is the gospel. What I say is the gospel. When you say that multiple times on several different segments, you must think what I say is the gospel. So, you got to come out and shut some guys up sometimes. When you got people talking out the side of their neck. โAnybody can make the pass Draymond make.โ Thatโs just stupid.โ
Draymond continued, โBut these are people who get employed to talk on TV about our game. โAnybody could make that pass.โ You make that pass. Weโd love to see it. I played against the guy by the way. Iโm talking about Kendrick Perkins for those of yโall that donโt know. Iโm never duckinโ no smoke. As the Memphis Grizzliesโ towels say, I donโt duck smoke. โAnybody could make that pass.โ You couldnโt, so good luck. You just got to come out and shut people up sometimes. It was very fun to do.โ
It didnโt take long before Perkins responded, as the ESPN NBA analyst took to Twitter to fire back at Draymond. Kendrick ended up deleting the post due to its explicit language, but you can check out the original video below.
โHey Draymond, let me let you in on a little something, man, all that ogre, whatever you say I look like, man, you ainโt cute,โ he said. โYou ainโt handsome, man, you better thank that NBA logo, you better thank Jerry West. Iโve been with my wife since the 10th grade, dime piece before the NBA stuff, so donโt get it all twisted.โ
โI can say whatever the fuck I want to say when I want to say it, and Iโm going to say it,โ Perkins continued. โI said that you werenโt looking to be aggressive, that you werenโt the Draymond of old, yeah you came out there and handled your business tonight, but thinking that Iโm going to shut upโฆyou can miss me with all thatโฆI live boxing, I live wrestling all damn day straight up, I donโt give a damn about all that shit you talking about, you crazy as hell if you think youโre going to shut me up.โ
He concluded, โShit, you got the game fucked up fuckinโ with Big Perk.โ
Draymond returned serve on his Instagram story early Saturday morning, calling out Perkins for deleting his video. However, Perk has since re-posted a clean version of his rant.
โ@kendrickperkins donโt ever mention my name and afraid. Also, we donโt tweet and delete. We stand on our word...your ratings will be up in the am...youโre welcome!โ