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Kendrick Perkins on NBA Playoffs, Celtics Meltdown, and Top NBA Dogs
The vibes in the studio were tense as the Boston Celtics got absolutely smoked by the Cavs in Game 2. Hank, predictably, was in a state of semi-denial, trying to frame a 24-point blowout as a "wake-up call." Big Cat and PFT weren't letting him off the hook, questioning if the Celtics are just cupcake merchants who struggle the second the playoffs actually start.
HankJayson Tatum has had nothing but success in his NBA career despite a lack of a ring
I think [the critics] are wrong. I think Jayson Tatum just gets picked on. He's had nothing but success in his NBA career. He hasn't won a championship, but he's still had an extremely successful beginning of his career.
Hank is convinced the series point differential will eventually look like a blowout, but the reality is the Celtics looked soft. Max, however, has already ascended to a level of Boston homerism that makes Hank look like a hater.
MaxThe Celtics will sweep the rest of the playoffs through the Eastern Conference Finals
We're the Boston Celtics. We're gonna beat the fuck out of 'em the next game. Beat the fuck out of 'em again. Beat the fuck out of 'em again. And then the Pacers and Knicks are both gonna be dead by the time they come to us. That's a clean sweep, clean sweep.
While the Celtics were flailing, the Knicks kept finding ways to win despite their roster looking like a MASH unit. Rick Carlisle, on the other hand, spent his post-game press conference complaining about the whistle and small-market bias. Big Cat wasn't buying the excuses, pointing out that maybe the Pacers should stop giving up 130 points to a team with zero bench depth.
Big CatRick Carlisle is being a 'gigantic baby' for his officiating complaints
The Pacers have had a bad whistle and they got, they got screwed up. I mean, game one that we, we talked about on Wednesday, that game one kickball call sucked. They've gotten a bad whistle. Rick Carlisle's being a gigantic baby.
Despite the injuries to OG Anunoby and the lingering health of Jalen Brunson, the star power in these playoffs is shifting. Big Cat officially crowned the next generation of faces of the league.
Big CatJalen Brunson and Anthony Edwards are officially emerging superstars
I've had some Knicks fans ask me. Yes, he is. Anthony Edwards and Jalen Brunson are now officially emerging superstars... they're absolutely emerging superstars and all over the place.
Kendrick Perkins on the NBA Dogs
Recurring guest Kendrick Perkins joined the show to discuss the Timberwolves' absolute dominance over the Nuggets. Perk was in his bag, breaking down why the Wolves are the real deal and why Rudy "Go-Burr" and KAT are finally playing with the edge everyone wanted to see. He highlighted Anthony Edwards as the catalyst for the entire culture shift in Minnesota.
Kendrick PerkinsAnthony Edwards is the best young leader in the NBA
When it comes to the young up and coming superstars, I've never seen a leader like [Anthony Edwards]. And he's the best young leader in the game of basketball.
Perk also didn't hold back on the Nuggets' reaction to the Wolves' physicality. He noted that the defending champs looked completely rattled by the defensive clinic Minnesota put on in Game 2.
Kendrick PerkinsThe Timberwolves have the Denver Nuggets 'crying like babies'
I said the T-Wolves got them crying like babies. The Denver Nuggets are doing all that damn crying. What the babies gonna do if you gonna do all that damn crying? They had Michael Malone whining to the referees. They had Jamal Murray crying to the referees. They had them uncomfortable.
When the conversation shifted to the East, Perk gave Hank a reality check about the Celtics' championship aspirations. He’s concerned that without a healthy unicorn in the middle, the Celtics might be front-runners who can't close the deal when the lights get brightest.
Kendrick PerkinsThe Celtics cannot win the NBA title without a healthy Kristaps Porzingis
The one concern that I have for the Boston Celtics is can Kristaps Porzingis be healthy for four seven game series? And right now the answer is no. They're gonna need 'em. They can't win at all unless they have them and he gotta be healthy.
To wrap up the interview, Perk gave us his definitive "Top 3 Dogs" list, and it’s heavy on the Villanova Knicks. Between Jalen Brunson’s scoring and Josh Hart’s relentless rebounding in traffic, Perk thinks New York has the highest concentration of non-teacup-poodles in the league.
Kendrick PerkinsAnthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson, and Josh Hart are the top three 'dogs' in the NBA
Number one is gonna be Anthony Edwards. Rotweiler. Now it's a certain type of dog. No teacup oodles. I'm gonna go Anthony Edwards, I'm gonna go Jalen Brunson... and number three, I gotta go with Josh Hart. He's the best rebounding guard in the playoffs... snatching them in traffic.
Rapid Fire and Horse Twitter Wars
The guys got into the news that the NFL is headed to Netflix for Christmas Day. PFT is already mourning the death of the NBA’s traditional holiday slot, mostly because the technology makes it impossible to check in on other games.
PFT CommenterThe NFL scheduling Christmas games on Netflix will hurt NBA ratings by making it harder to channel flip
Not only are they taking away Christmas Day from the NBA, they're also taking away the ability of people to comfortably change the channel to the NBA games during commercial breaks... signing out of Netflix, turning onto cable... such a pain in the dick to do that. And so they're taking away even the pity ratings.
They also addressed the bizarre controversy involving Jason Kelce and "Horse Twitter." Kelce suggested Secretariat might have been on the juice, which sent the equestrian world into a tailspin. PFT, never one to let a conspiracy go, suggested we need to go even further to protect the record books.
PFT CommenterSecretariat's body should be exhumed and drug tested to protect the integrity of sports records
I'm going to go one further than Jason Kelce. I will say they should dig up Secretariat's body and test them. Drug test them. It's the only record in sports that has never been broken in terms of like speed or power for all these years. Every other sport has gotten better since the 1970s and we're saying horse racing is the one that hasn't? Dig that horse up.
The show wrapped up with a legendary Fyre Fest of the Week. Hank got his car booted at the airport due to unpaid red light tickets—a classic Chicago racket—while PFT is being threatened with a ban from his flight simulator squadron for being "too good" at flying. Max also detailed his year-long blood feud with a deli guy over the thickness of his white American cheese.
If you want your cheese sliced extra thin, just don't say "very, very" or you're talking down to the man behind the counter.
