“Kendrick Perkins went from enforcer to coon!”: Draymond Green blasts the analyst amidst a turmoil of vitriol amongst journalists and players

Jeet Pukhrambam | 27/06/2022
The war of words among the journalists and players continues to take a turn, this time Draymond Green is calling Kendrick Perkins a coon. 

The war of words among the journalists and players continues to take a turn, this time Draymond Green is calling Kendrick Perkins a coon. 

The openness of social media and the accessibility of the internet has allowed players to raise their voice, on their platforms. For the past few days, players have had enough slander from journalists.

Russell Westbrook recently called out Skip Bayless for unwarranted slander. The media is now getting some pushback. Players are getting more comfortable raising their voices and Draymond Green has been their champion.

His podcast, The Volume regularly attracts thousands of listeners and is often unabashed in its style of delivery. Apart from a deep insight into basketball, they also talk about media and the unnecessary vitriol.

Draymond’s latest diatribe on old media vs new media will certainly turn heads. He started by calling out Skip Bayless and then moving on to Kendrick Perkins.

As Draymond puts it, Kendrick’s takes have been going more and more askew from general basketball takes. Instead, it has become a slugfest of slander.

Also read: “Yo Skip Bayless watch your mouth”: Russell Westbrook claps back at veteran analyst for insulting his last name

NBA Twitter reacts to Draymond calling Kendrick Perkins a Racoon, instigating and fueling the fire

There is a reason why Draymond chooses to be unfiltered in his podcast. He can say what he wants and knowing that it will attract eyes, he does not hold back.

Twitter reacted accordingly.

Instigators are aplenty, and comments and quote tweets like this are a common occurrence. And judging by the recent Mexican standoffs, we reckon Kendrick might chime in soon.

For a more nuanced understanding of the discourse, here is the video in full.

We think that Draymond’s call-out was more than justified. Perhaps the choice of his words was not the best but when anger precedes thought you can barely contain yourself.

We will be tuned in to see the next installment of this war between the old media and new media as Draymond calls in. Until then, tune into Twitter and see what the fuss is all about.

Also read: ‘LeBron James was like ‘yo winning 4 rings is crazy’: Draymond Green called up the $1 billion worth Lakers star to express his joy in matching him in rings

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Jeet Pukhrambam

Jeet Pukhrambam is The SportsRush's Lead Editor for Basketball. After freelancing for five years as an independent writer, Jeet created thousands of blog posts and articles. He now covers intriguing news reports and throwback stories on all things NBA. His interest in NBA started with the ascendancy of Giannis Antetokounmpo in the 2016-17 season. Since then, Jeet has managed to coalesce his knowledge of the game and his writing to create pieces that are reflective of the current state of the league. Now, he ensures that The SportsRush produces the highest quality of writing. In his free time, he enjoys playing football, cooking, traveling, and dancing to techno. Jeet takes pride in his critical thinking, music playlists, and his love for spaghetti.

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