Kendrick Perkins isn’t strange to controversy. The 2008 NBA champion has become a living meme for his really hot takes on basketball. The big man isn’t afraid of speaking his mind, which has brought more problems than benefits for him.
Last season, he claimed Khris Middleton was the Batman of the Milwaukee Bucks only to change his mind and give that title to Giannis Antetokounmpo a couple of weeks later. Perk has always made these bold claims, and even though fans call him out for that, he doesn’t stop.
He recently picked his top 5 power forwards in the NBA ahead of the 2021/22 season, again raising a lot of eyebrows for his selections. Perkins selected Giannis Antetokounmpo and Anthony Davis as the 1st and 2nd PFs in the association. Nothing wrong with this, but things took a different route after that.
He closed out the top five with Karl-Anthony Towns, Bam Adebayo, and Domantas Sabonis. These last three spots didn’t sit well with fans. Besides the fact that KAT and Adebayo are centers, fans considered he left other big names out.
Carry the hell on… pic.twitter.com/SnaloKXOHa
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) September 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/washedbev/status/1441427857234972676
Perk just admit you forgot Zion before you try and get creative and change his position 😂
— nmz (@nmzhoops) September 24, 2021
Bam is a center and he isnt top 5 in either
— NBA Expert. (@WhatSeperatesU) September 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/Ntilikina11Fan/status/1441424750455123970https://twitter.com/Subleaf69/status/1441455754439847942
KAT a power forward now? Damn here I was thinking he was a center all this time. Thanks Perk 😭
— ╰☆☆ ʲẸ𝓷ᑎ𝕚 ☆☆╮ (@JenniFlurry) September 24, 2021
Why the fuck is Bam at PF now
— Narrow (@NarrowGaming) September 24, 2021
Two of the 5 you listed are centers. You need to go back and do this again or people are going to question your NBA knowledge.
— Perceptive Thoughts (@Mavrik2190) September 24, 2021
over Randle is also nuts
— Kris Pursiainen (@krispursiainen) September 24, 2021
Bam isnt a power forward
— Chris White (@BryanIsTheKing) September 24, 2021
Bam has played 74% of his career minutes at center and KAT has played 100% of his career minutes at center, they’re not power forwards lmao
— Did the Knicks Win? (@knickswintrack) September 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/edwards_burner/status/1441434344816627718https://twitter.com/lilplutovert16/status/1441432586971144192
KAT and only KAT. This is a weird list.
— bray (@braysalo) September 24, 2021
Tobias Harris needs to be in there. Most consistent floor spacing power forward out there besides KD.
— Satan In A Blue Dress (@satan_dress) September 24, 2021
Zion is so obviously the third best PF behind Giannis and AD how is he not on here😭😭😭
— 🗿 (@PlutoWavy) September 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/RussProdigy0/status/1441423897677611019
Bam has played a good amount of both tbh. He started at pf when Meyers Leonard was a thing. Mostly center though
— 🌴 (@SoFlo__Sports) September 24, 2021
who the hell said kat and bam are pfs and sabonis might not be top 10
— txbii 🪼 (@TorontoDame) September 24, 2021
KAT isn’t a pf😭 neither is Bam
— ADsburner (@AD2025MVP__) September 24, 2021
Zion Williamson, Tobias Harris and Pascal Siakam were mentioned by fans who couldn’t believe he picked two centers for this list while leaving out other stars that have done great in recent years.
These lists, tops and rankings always bring controversy. When Kendrick Perkins does them, things get a lot worse. NBA fans are used to that, but they’re always ready to blast the former player-turned-analyst for his hot takes.
