Tag: Kendrick Perkins

"If you try to make the argument that something doesn't involve race, might not be the best look to talk over a Black man on live television, tell him his argument was flat-out wrong AND cut him off over and over again."

“The main reason you hire former athletes, beyond the name brand recognition they come in with, is because you want to know what players think.”

"They're putting him in an awful spot because he's not very intelligent."

“Asinine, silly and stupid. Pick one of the words, whichever one you want.”

"What we just witnessed is the problem with this show where we create narratives that do not exist in reality.”

"I am disappointed that this is where the conversation has gone. Because we're watching one of the great seasons ever and to blend in race with it I don't know what to do with that."

"I’m fortunate to be here. I wasn’t a Hall-of-Famer. When a Hall-of-Famer finishes their career, they roll the red carpet out."

"Like right is right, wrong is wrong. We don't have to go on here and just say 'oh you know what I'm just gonna stay on this because that's what the hood wants me to do.'"

"I'm not scared of none of them because the truth's on my side, and I know how to articulate it. These athletes don't, and they need to be backed up by someone with a pair."

On Monday, ESPN announced that it had come to agreements with Michael Wilbon and Jalen Rose to continue their multiple roles with the network.