The Oklahoma City Thunder were dealt a devastating blow Friday when word broke that forward Serge Ibaka is expected to miss the remainder of the postseason with a calf injury, suffered in OKC’s Game 6 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Luckily for the Thunder, they can count in their corner a motivator of men who—like Julius Caesar, George Patton and Richard Simmons before him—boasts a God-given gift for summoning victory’s spark.
Kendrick Perkins—or, as he’s known throughout the Mongol Empire, Kendri Khan.
Perkins is referring, of course, to OKC’s impending Western Conference Finals showdown with the red-hot San Antonio Spurs, set to begin Monday.
Obviously, we get what Perkins is after here. His team just lost one of its key cogs and—particularly given last year’s playoff struggles sans an injured Russell Westbrook—is no doubt in need of some extra psychological fodder.
At the same time: Huh? Have we really made a cottage industry of “counting the Thunder out?”
To be sure, we’ve had ...
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Kendrick Perkins Says Oklahoma City Thunder ‘Like Being Counted Out’
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