Kendrick Perkins played eight seasons with the Celtics and helped the team win a title in 2008, but he wasn’t welcome at last year’s championship parade.
Celtics governor Wyc Grousbeck explained the decision during a recent episode of ex-Celtics guard Jeff Teague’s “Club 520” podcast.
“He wasn’t invited to our parade last year, that is true, because he had been giving people a lot of [expletive],” Grousbeck said. “So, I had family members of players saying if that guy is in the parade, we’re not in the parade. I said well, OK, you win.