Former NBA center and current ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins called his ex-Oklahoma City Thunder teammate (and current Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant) the greatest NBA scorer of all time during a debate on First Take on Wednesday with show co-host Max Kellerman, who was touting legend Michael Jordan.
In response to a Twitter user’s comment backing KD in the argument, Durant himself chimed in Thursday and heaped much praise on Jordan’s abilities.
Mj is one of one, God level, unmatched, unparalled, a pure master at this shit. I’m still watching his games to learn. Leave me out of it please
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) November 26, 2020
No NBA player scored more points per game than Jordan, who averaged 30.12 a night during his career and barely edged out center Wilt Chamberlain (30.07) to earn that mark. MJ made 49.7 percent of his field goals.
During the 2010-11 season, Durant was still young, entering his 4th NBA season. However, by then, he had averaged 25.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game. The Big Ticket refused to believe the hype as he thought Perkins was hyping up his new teammate. But, the ESPN analyst stood on his ground. “And I’m like Ticket this motherfu**** punches in the clock,” Kendrick Perkins said to the Road Trippin’ live stream. However, Kevin Garnett still refused to believe, “Like man, he ain’t working hard like that.”
Perkins was ready to prove it to his former teammate and also narrated that incident. While traveling to another city and the day before the game, players used to meet for dinner plans. But, Durant would first end up at a local high school gym for a workout. “So I went with him and I FaceTime KG. I say look bro, we just landed. He in the gym like this is our franchise guy.“
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Perkins further explained that whatever moves KD pulls off now, it’s all due to practice. He even called him the ultimate gym rat and as well as the greatest scorer to ever touch a basketball.