The MVP discussion in the NBA constantly gets a little heated every year, however this year things are sensation additional spicy.
That’s mainly because of ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins. The previous NBA gamer had a lot to state about Nikola Jokic over the last coupleof weeks.
For example, Perkins stated Jokic is cushioning his statistics and pointed to that as why his numbers are so ostentatious as if they still puton’t contribute to winning. Jokic had some enjoyable with that one, .
One thing that wasn’t so enjoyable, though, was when Kendrick Perkins appeared to allude to Jokic being the front-runner for a prospective 3rd straight MVP prize duetothefactthat he’s white. He got into a full-blown argument with JJ Reddick on First Take behind this one.
This was his argument in a nutshell.
“When it comes down to men winning MVP giventhat 1990, it’s just 3 people that won the MVP that wasn’t top 10 in scoring…Steve Nash, Jokic and Dirk Nowitzki. What do those men have in typical?”
– Kendrick Perkins pic.twitter.com/NuE5yNKjry
— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) March 1, 2023
Perkins likewise argued that 80% of the NBA’s MVP citizens are white, however it turns out that’s infact inaccurate, too.
I hope Kendrick Perkins