Kendrick Perkins' REBUTTAL to the backlash for his Nikola Jokic comments 🗣️ | First Take 

Perk averaged a triple double a couple seasons in his career. 20 handshakes, 10 claps on the bench and 11 good job guys

Perk is a perfect example that just because you played basketball doesn’t mean you can talk about it.

This aged like milk. Nikola & the Nuggets is one win away from their first NBA Finals. While Embiid, Doc & the Sixers are sitting at home after blowing another 3-2 lead. 😂😂😂😂 Jokic is the real MVP of the season!

Perk saying “I find it odd that when his assists went up that his shot attempts went down” is hilarious. Of course his shot attempts are gonna decrease if assists go up… would be absolutely wild to expect shot attempts to go up if assists are also increasing

jookic "admitting" to stat padding did exactly what he intended. made his haters take the bait and look like absolute fools. Take the L kendrick.

It's the passion he displays while making no real point at all 😂😂😂

I’m legit surprised he made this a race thing when just a few weeks ago he was team Jokic. Stunned.

Nobody in their life told perk to take an elbow jumper💀😂😂

Churchill said it best when he described people like Kendrick Perkins. "He has the incredible ability to use the most amount of words to represent the least amount of thought".

I for one am shocked that "this guy is selfishly stat padding assists - a stat that literally depends on getting your teammates involved" turned out to be a hard position to defend

2022 Jokic and 2006 Bryant are both responsible for around 47 ppg when you factor in assists. With Kobe shooting 45 percent from the field on 27 shots a game, while Jokic shot 58 percent from the field on 17 shots a game. The 2006 Lakers finished with 45 wins as the sixth seed, while the 2022 Nuggets finished with 48 wins as the sixth seed.

the reason hes averaging a triple double now as opposed to last year is because he now has good players around him

Perk said since 1990, 3 guys have won the MVP without finishing in the top 10 in scoring - Nash, Nowitzki and Jokic. True with Nash. Nowitzki finished 11th in 2006-7. Jokic finished 6th last year and 10th the year before. He also conveniently left off the guy who plays most similarly to Jokic - Magic Johnson who won 2 of his three MVPs without finishing in the top 10 in scoring. That's why he said since 1990. Magic won his MVPs in 1986, 88 and 89.

Joker just became my new favorite NBA player. Not because of his stats, but how he can bury someone so subtly and move on like nothing happened.

Jokic got his 100th triple double in his career. That's 100 more triple doubles then Kendrick Perkins had in his career.

Coming back to this clip after Jokic won his NBA title just to laugh about it once again.

I love the response by Jokic regarding this. He said yes he is stat padding. LOL

I remember Perkins trying to stat pad some assist and failing miserably 😂 For me, if you can fill the stat sheets at will, then you are a really good basketball player.

2:52 His face 😂💀 That’s all of us lol.

How in the world is Kendrick Perkins doubling down? This is insane.

"He's sooooo selfish, he passes too much!" 🤣🤣🤣

As a Nuggets/Jokic fan there's so many times I wish Jokic would stat pad, but he won't. Theres So many games where he missed a triple double by a single assist or rebound.

My only issue is that perk made it seem like Jokic taking less shots was bad. One of those games where he took single digit shots they beat my Grizz team by like 25 lol. So it worked

This is a wild take by Kendrick Perkins. Yeah Jokic knows he’s averaging a triple double. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it! They are undefeated when he’s averaging a triple double! He’s helping the Nuggets win!

Perk never mentioned that Jamal Murray was hurt the past 2 post seasons

This season Jokic had: -5 games 1 assist away from TD -3 games 1 rebound away from TD -1 game where he was 1 point, rebound and assist away from TD -2 games 2 rebounds away from TD -5 games 2 assists away from TD -1 game where he missed 2 assists and 2 rebounds for TD -1 game where he missed 2 rebounds and 1 assist for TD That is 18 games alone where he could esaily increase his stats by reaching TD. But he didn't, because he didn't care. Perk sometimes doesn't know what he is talking about.

Whos here after Jokic Stat padded his way to a title😂😂😂. Thanks perk. You motivated Jokic took personal 😂😂

Perk talked for so long yet said absolutely nothing 😂

I’m now a Nuggets fan and hope they win the title

Who here after Jokic won the his first final MVP trophy

It's a good thing no one takes Perkins seriously. He is more of an entertainer than an analyst. :)

Now I understand Kendrick's career numbers ( 5.4, 5.8, 1.0 ) he didn't want to be accused of stats padding 🤣

A boy from the Balkans, who was like a pile of dough and was so shy that they thought he was dumb, today he is a superhero, a true example that nothing is impossible, he plays basketball as elegantly as he dresses.

i've always wondered how perk still has an analyst job but after watching this segment late at night high af, this dude is HILARIOUS. please keep him bruh omg lol

11:00,🤣😂This show is gold! And Stephen A. loves stirring things up too!🤣

I don't really get how you're padding stats shooting 63.3%? He's playing within the flow of the game, not forcing anything, even statpadding "efficiency", he's STILL averaging 24.6 points a game, and most of that are real shots, no free throws, and he's not turning the ball over, 3.6 a game on 10 assists. If you're statpadding, the other area with suffer, like Westbrook, yeah he averaged 31.6, BUT he did that shooting an abysmal 42.5%, Yeah he's averaging 10.4 assists, but he's tossing 5.4 Turnovers a game....Jokic is 24.6 a game on 63.3% shooting, he's averaging 10.0 assists a game on 3.6 turnovers, he's HIGH output AND high efficiency. and what goalpost is anyone moving? Westbrook won an MVP averaging 32/11/10 (albeit shooting 42.5% and averaging 5.4 Turnovers) he STILL got the award being 6 seed in the West, Jokic is doing the same thing, only he's shooting 63%....AND #1 in the west.

Ah yes, the Nash and Dirk comment confirms what I believed this was all about for Perk. All of this madness makes sense now.

Jokic had like 10 games where they had closed win and go on the bench with one assist or rebound less that triple double

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 10:54 "I was at home minding my own business..." 🤣🤣🤣 Perk killed me there!!

I would assume most players stat pads to some degree, but Denver is undefeated with his triple doubles, I would only have a problem if he is hurting his team doing it. I mean Big Perky can try to get a triple double but he might have 30 turnovers at the same time and lose the game…. That’s when it’s a problem.

Perk just mad that when he was still playing, he struggled to average a triple-single.¹ 1. Credit to Chuck Barkley

Just remember this guy has a MVP vote...my god!!!

Why is Kendrick taking it personally? JJ Redick wasn't attacking him; he was attacking the whole group of critics that says he's stat-padding.

Imagine if a reporter saying he won just because he's black everyone would be crying cancel him

Perk you got cooked by Jokic with a counter right hand uppercut you have no dog in this fight.

Perk just exposed himself of being a giant tool. Jokers shots have went down occasionally because of the amount of double teams he's seeing. Also you gotta factor in the full supporting cast he finally has around him. Murray and mpj were both on the shelf all last year. Then we added kcp and Bruce brown. Of course his assists are gonna go up

“How high are you guys on the nuggets” High reference used perfect molley 💯✊🏾 keep it going

2:30, This is an interesting take by Big Perk. We need to see him and JJ face to face to debate this because both have solid points💯

Perk really thought he proved a point 🤣🤣

SAS facial expressions when Perkins started talking had me weak 🤣😆😂

10:38, 11:00🤣😂This is gold😂So there it is. JJ vs. Big Perk on stat padding. This will be a good one💯

Nikola Jokic:NBA Champion and NBA Finals MVP 🏆

Jokic has over 40 near-miss triple double games, which means he fell short with only 1 rebound or 1 assist, or 1-2 point in his career. Dude is not stat padding.

They NEVER miss a chance to play race on this show.

Nice one with the come back from Jokic. Was Jokic saying that because if it's so easy why wasn't Perk doing it when he was in the league.

Maybe he gets more assists because he got accustomed to actually having teammates around that can score again .. I do believe coming into the season we should have expected less shot attempts and more passes.

Kendrick struggles to dribble in his driveway without feeling like he did a 45 minute workout but he's discrediting with Jokic is doing? Amazing

Boy did this age beautifully 😂😂😂😂😂

Stephen A's initial reaction about the Jokic interview is priceless

did Perk just say 'racism' is the reason Jokic, Dirk, and Nash won their MVPs lol?

Perk is slowly becoming the new Ryan Hollins

Jokic may have lead Denver to a title, but as Perk's logic dictates, he was only padding his stats to get that Finals MVP trophy.

Perk out here really trying jedi mind tricks 😂

No surprise that ESPN hasn’t even covered the Bucks today after they won their 15th consecutive game. If it was the Lakers they would be creaming their pants.

Look at how many near misses Jokic has! Remember that game when he needed one more rebound and in the final second he literally ran away from the ball off the court instead of getting the rebound for a triple double? What about the ones where he’s missed in because of points and he takes like 4 shots the whole game!?

Just imagine a white sports commentator saying what Perkins said, but about an African-American player. He would be fired immediately! Period! This is the usual double standard.

"Taking intelligent shots is stat padding." -Kendrick Perkins

A wise MVP said When you're stat padding, it's easy 👏👊💪🏀🃏

Perkins posted on his social media that Jokic is only being awarded the MVP because he is Caucasian- then swiftly deleted it. ESPN seems to have double standards with this- Rachel Nichols lost her job for what she said in a private convo.... Perkins has totally lost his mind and should not be on TV or be a BB "analyst"! He is purposely trying to tank Jokic based on race.

It’s so funny how he says” you can’t tell me how another man feels inside “then says it’s fact all the voters are racist

“What do they have in common?!” They’re all international players🤷🏽‍♂️😂😂

Perk has been speaking for 2 minutes and has not said a single thing.

Exactly Kendrick Perkins

How’s this guy on TV? He can’t even say one proper sentence…. but Jokic is a class act!

He passes like 100 times per game. That is not stat padding. That is playing the right way. It's how Pippen and Jordan played.

Does perk know Jokic is having one of the greatest seasons?? The man’s shooting 60% and 39% from 3.. that’s insane

Did he say "Oochie Wally" and "One Mic" are Jay Z? Perk even wrong in his analogy. 😂

Yeaaaa Perk !

Kendrick Perkins is my favorite comedian. 😂

Gosh perk is such a joke 🙄 but SAS's face was funny as heck

I totally agree with all Perks said.

Perk is right on time with this one

Can someone actually translate what Perk said?

Jokic plays an unselfish and team game, which does not annoy anyone. He doesn't want an artificial crown on his head, he just does his job. He is the best basketball player in the world today. Yes, I really think so.

Feels like Perk is padding with his air time

ESPN is the CNN of sports news

Park is crying about “allowing him to slapbox back when he’s there” but even in the segment where JJ responded to Perk, Molly herself acknowledged that they work there on different days lol. People can’t talk about anything Perk says unless he’s there? He always takes things personal after taking shots at other ppl…

Perk hating. Jokic been playing so good so effortlessly that now they have nothing else good to say, they tryna make him the enemy public choice to not be the MVP again

Perks best segment ever

Someone who has won 29 straight games when getting a triple double is simply not Stat padding that's just incredible

Jokic is a LEGEND for this....

I was really hoping that the correlation between Jokic, Nash, and Dirk was that they are unathletic and foreign.....that they utilized and maximized they're abilities despite they're physical limitations and deficiencies. Sad to see it went to that place.

This aged like milk.

"Dirk No-winks-ki" lol

ESPN is making Perk say this. I’m convinced.

Perk's just digging himself deeper in the hole. Climb out while you still can.

JJ many times said on his podcast that Jokic is a guy that play the game the right way. Like many JJ takes it worth to lisen. You hear that he know and understand the game.

I just wanna say what kind of a guy jokic is how wrong his haters are about him , I'm from sombor and i met jokic once in a club in sombor i came to him congratulated him on a great season and told him "Hey next year you getting that ring" and you know what he told me which proves how humble he is and how he doesn't care about the stats and MVPs he told me "Nah man i already got my ring and he showed me his wedding ring"

Its not stat padding if you keep winning games. He just happens to do what moves are needed at the right time to win the game.

This guy said Dirk wasnt a top tier scorer 😂