I know this is kind of off-topic, but Kendrick Perkins is currently having a very bizarre Twitter tantrum. It talks about Gentry, AD, and the trade, so there's some relation to us, but really it's just very weird.
Steve Kerr got his got damn nerves to talk about anything that’s going on with any other organization, as if he just didn’t have Kevin Durant join a 73-9 team! BTW @SteveKerr Mark Jackson built that dynasty in GS!!! The Nerve of him!
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) July 24, 2019
I wonder why @SteveKerr didn’t say anything about Paul George forcing his way outta of OKC? I know why because Alvin Gentry is his close friend! Hidden Agendas!!! SMH
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) July 24, 2019
AD had just as much as of obligation as the team, the team traded every 1st round pick they had , surrounded him with mediocre talent consistently, but you rather him be stuck there. He actually did them a favor and allowed the team to hit the reset button and retain assets!
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) July 24, 2019
Houston traded Chris Paul after they said they wasn’t, I don’t see sympathy for him. AD just got in front of it, so Kudos to him!
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) July 24, 2019
Mark Jackson didn’t get fired because he wasn’t a good Coach, he’s getting Blacked ball because of his Christianity and what he believes in!!!! He’s getting Blackballed! Facts
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) July 24, 2019
Luke Walton went 20-1 with the same team when Kerr was out so don’t come telling me how great of a Coach Kerr is! Please Stop it!
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) July 24, 2019
It's all just very bizarre. First of all, regardless of what you think of Dell in retrospect, a lot of the picks he traded weren't terrible moves in isolation. Obviously the Asik move was, but there's a really strong argument that trading the firsts that acquired Jrue, Boogie, and Niko were all at least acceptable moves.
Secondly: surrounded AD with mediocre talent? Perk, one year we surrounded him with YOU. Also, all that ''mediocre talent'' we surrounded him with is currently surrounding him in LA. They've got Rondo, Boogie, Quinn Cook, and they've even hired off some of our training staff. If you're gonna curse out NOLA for surrounding him with poor talent, then you've gotta give the same heat to LA for signing the same guys.
Thirdly: Mark Jackson isn't blackballed for ''what he believes'', he's blackballed because he's a moron and a psycho. He's a homophobic idiot who told his team that one of the players (I believe it was Barnes?) was possessed by a demon. He refused to let assistant coaches talk to the media because he believed they were all trying to get his job, told the players that the front office didn't WANT them to win because they wanted Jackson to look bad, banned Jerry West from practises (!!!!), told the team that Festus Ezeli wanted them to lose while he was injured so he looked better, and a lot of this is not just rumours. Some of this has been reported by Zach Lowe, for example. He's just a nutjob nobody wants to hire because he's insane.
Perk needs to cool off the Twitter fingers and go have a smoothie or something.