Kendrick Perkins really didn’t appreciate being called a “roach” amid a fractious back-and-forth with Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal.
In April, Perkins said on “The Michael Kay Show” that Barkley and Shaq only watch the Knicks when they are responsible for directly covering the game on TNT, and later Barkley told Shaq that he was “out there killing roaches” and that he wouldn’t give his own attention to someone who averaged five points per game.
Perkins, the ESPN basketball analyst who was an NBA champion with the Celtics, joined “Scoop B Radio” and explained why this name-calling had him upset.
Shaq & Charles Barkley calling @KendrickPerkins a roach on National Television was a non negotiable for Perk.
Appearing on Scoop B Radio, he explained why:
“A roach? That’s what y’all on? We kill roaches in Black neighborhoods. They’re everywhere. From another Black man to… https://t.co/CHbhAuYzbR pic.twitter.com/jXxQpodFM6
— 👑 Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson (@ScoopB) June 10, 2024
“So next thing I know they shootin’ they slugs at me, you know what I’m sayin’? They punching at the punching bag even though I’ll fold Chuck like a fresh pair of clean sheets!” Perkins said, laughing, after rehashing what had caused the beef.
“And me and Shaq would just have to rumble in the jungle! But I enjoyed it man! The only problem that I had with it is that don’t call me no damn roach, bro. I ain’t on that. Don’t call me no roach. Like, c’mon dog I ain’t do no name-calling. You gonna call me a roach? C’mon dog. That’s the worst of the worst. Like, c’mon man. A roach? That’s what y’all on?”
Perkins explained why he was unhappy with this specific diss.
“We kill roaches in black neighborhoods. They’re everywhere,” Perkins said.
“From another black man to another black man you can’t never call nobody no roach. You might as well spit in my face. And I don’t have any beef with Charles or Shaq. My thing is the whole ‘roach’ thing. I don’t mind the punching bag, but the roach thing? C’mon man. What we on?”
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