Players who enter the NBA as teenagers do grow sometimes, a scary thought when considering Victor Wembanyama. But they usually only add an inch or two, which should have tipped off Kendrick Perkins. The boisterous ESPN analyst fell for a joke that Golden State Warriors swingman Jonathan Kuminga had grown a whopping seven inches.
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"From reports, I'm hearing that Jonathan Kuminga is now 7-2," Perkins said on a SportsCenter hit Tuesday. "The kid has gotten better every single season."
Those "reports" that the 6-foot-7 Kuminga had added another head in height started with a fake Moses Moody quote that Kuminga was "tall as f— now" and possibly even a seven-footer.