Kendrick perkins appeared on the pat mcafee show recently, where he addressed his and joe mazzulla’s recent subtle jabs at one another. Perkins made some uncalled-for remarks about mazzulla’s schemes, execution, and play-calling after boston celtics’ first home loss in mid-january to the denver nuggets. Mazzulla was called a “birdbrain,” according to him, because if you take his brain and put it in a bird, it will start flying backwards.
Perkins was asked on the show if they had spoken since the remark. “i haven’t spoken with joe mazzulla, but let me tell you this, i really love joe mazzulla and him firing back,” perkins said. “it’s a good thing…..” He’s actually accepting it, and all i’m doing right now is preparing him for the future. When he faced adversity, especially in boston, he was battling adversity. I played there for eight and a half years. They’re going to face adversity, and the media is going to attack him, and the fanbase is going to attack him throughout the seven-game series, and he’s going to be prepared.
You know what i mean by that? “i actually love it,” he says. The former celtic champion also stated recently that the team needed to do more post-up. Mazzulla retorted about this remark the other night, saying that they need to do better before saying he was joking because boston is the nba’s top-two in terms of efficiency and frequency.
