Kendrick Perkins has played with his fair share of talent to know a lack of competitiveness when he sees it.
Perkins won the 2007-08 NBA title with the Boston Celtics, where he played with Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett in their primes, then followed with another Finals run with the Oklahoma City Thunder four years later.
In signing a one-year, veteran minimum deal last offseason with the New Orleans Pelicans, he had convictions of competing. But that hasn’t been the case, and Perkins isn’t happy about it, per Marc J.