Kendrick Perkins Comments on Pelicans’ Struggles, Effort

January 14th, 2016 by Daniel Kramer Leave a reply »

Kendrick Perkins has played with his fair share of talent to know a lack of competitiveness when he sees it.

Perkins won the 2007-08 NBA title with the Boston Celtics, where he played with Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett in their primes, then followed with another Finals run with the Oklahoma City Thunder four years later. 

In signing a one-year, veteran minimum deal last offseason with the New Orleans Pelicans, he had convictions of competing. But that hasn’t been the case, and Perkins isn’t happy about it, per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports:

It’s very disappointing. At the end of the day, this is not what I signed up for. I signed up after I looked from the outside, coming in to a good young team that has been making strides in the right direction. We got real comfortable. We ain’t got long to make a push.

The Pelicans reached the playoffs last season and were expected to leap forward and contend in the incredibly competitive Western Conference. 

But they sit at 12-26, tied for the fo ...

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