Jusuf Nurkic and Kendrick Perkins Could Be a Great Player - Media Member Feud
The Portland Trail Blazers evened their series with the Denver Nuggets with a 115-95 in on Saturday. Likely MVP Nikola Jokic had just 16 points. Blazers center and Jokic's former Nuggets teammate, Jusuf Nurkic, was a big part of that. After the game he told the press that "clowns" think he is the worst defensive player in the NBA. When asked to name names, he did.
Jusuf Nurkic references "clowns" who say he was "the worst defensive player in the league." Asked who he's referring to: "The guy at ESPN. The big fella. Perkins. I guess if he was in the league today he'd be a mascot. And I like him as a person."
— Sean Highkin (@highkin) May 29, 2021
That's quite a comment. And quite an accomplishment for Kendrick Perkins as he had a player call him out by name for a take. It was a valiant effort by Nurkic and the mascot line was funny, but Perk is comfortable enough with his playing days that he joked about averaging 3,000 claps per game in what appeared to be a heated debate a couple weeks ago.
Perkins wasted no time before going back at Nurkic on Twitter, posting a video of Kobe Bryant calling him the best post defender in the NBA. Not a bad reference to trot out.
Hey big @bosnianbeast27 you still had SIMILAC on your breath when I was putting in work, but keep working Big Fella you’ll get there!!! Carry on... pic.twitter.com/K3Mp1d37FW
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) May 29, 2021
Nurkic better hope he maintains this defensive intensity because if Jokic turns things around and the Nuggets send the Blazers packing, Perkins will be lobbing take grenades in his direction from all over ESPN's airwaves. As Nurkic proved, people are paying attention to what Perk says.