“I’m taking Chef over Black Mamba” Kendrick Perkins details why he would pick Stephen Curry over Kobe Bryant
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Kendrick Perkins is back in the headlines as fans troll and criticize him for senselessly picking Stephen Curry over Kobe Bryant. Some are also riding with him for his another very odd take but the ratio of those fans says it all. Stephen Curry has been in the headlines ever since he got his first ever FMVP last season while lifting the championship against the Boston Celtics in six games. This started a new comparison of him and LeBron James but now even Kobe Bryant is in the conversation. Fans are calling Kendrick Perkins foolish for picking Stephen Curry over Kobe Bryant and it made sense when he detailed the reason behind it and forgot to even mention Black Mamba in it.
Kobe Bryant retired in 2016 as an MVP, 18x All-Star, 5x champion, 12x All-Defensive player, 2x Finals MVP, 4x All-Star game MVP and has multiple All-NBA Team selections. Adding to it he also has many individual awards and honors. While Stephen Curry is still cooking and has 4 NBA Championships, is 8x NBA All-Star, 2x NBA MVP, FMVP, All-Star MVP and has multiple All-NBA Team selections. He is also the Greatest Shooter of All-Time. But still, the gap between the two greats isn’t filled. So it’s clear that Kendrick Perkins didn’t make up his mind by comparing resumes and that is also not the ideal way to do so if you know ball.
Apart from the career stats some other comparisons which favor Kobe Bryant in the conversation are his work ethic, Mamba Mentality, bad shot making capability, leadership, confidence and consistency. Stephen Curry is also a great player and has most or probably every quality mentioned above but picking him over the Legendary Kobe Bryant isn’t settled by many fans. As they troll and criticize Kendrick Perkins for his take. Kendrick Perkins though didn’t just give away a no-brainer as the answer as he took his time to answer the question but still he ended up on the unfortunate critical end.
Kendrick Perkins gives his detailed reason for picking Stephen Curry over Kobe Bryant
It all started with Chris “Mad Dog” Russo’s question: “You can start a season tomorrow, you want Kobe (12x All-Defense), or do you want Curry in your backcourt. Pick one or the other, which one you taking?” Responding to this Kendrick Perkins said: “I’m taking Curry… but it’s not an easy one to answer…” Further knowing that a reason has to be mentioned for it he gave away a detailed justification but there was no mentioning of Stephen Curry being better than Kobe Bryant in it may be he forgot to stick with the question and now he gets criticized.
Kendrick Perkins detailing the reason for his pick quoted: “Forget all the accolades and forget how long his resume is. We know it’s longer than a holiday weekend. Forget all that. When I speak on being a generational talent, I’m talking about a 6’2″ guard that has changed the game of basketball forever. Forever! So when I look at it, and I look at what he’s done since he got to Golden State, it’s almost been like a plug and replace. When I look at his first championship, that he won with Harrison Barnes at the wing position. All of a sudden you go 73-9 and you lose to LeBron James, I get that. All of a sudden you become, still, eye candy cause you play off the ball well. You’re efficient…He attracts Kevin Durant, then he goes along to win two championships with KD. You have two down years because Klay Thompson is hurt. He’s injured, you know they going through some rough times. All of a sudden they acquire Andrew Wiggins… and Steph Curry won a championship with him.”
Kendrick Perkins is not wrong with his reason but still, there is no such point or even a word where he has mentioned of not picking Kobe Bryant in the conversation. So it’s fair to say it was really a no-brainer and has many disagreeing with his take. The answer was totally up to him and that’s accepted and respected but the reason got him wrong. Stephen Curry and Kobe Bryant are both great players and they or any other greats from different eras or even decades shouldn’t be compared as it just won’t make any sense. But still, there’s time for the media to understand this until then guys like Big Perk will be getting criticized as his take will senselessly keep on hurting feelings around the globe and the players themselves don’t even care about such questions.
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Ritik Malik
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