Ex-Boston Celtics center turned ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins was the loudest among a growing number of people in and around the NBA calling for his former team to trade either Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown on Jan. 7, the day after they blew a 25-point lead to the New York Knicks and fell out of the playoff picture.
"They can't coexist," Perkins told a national television audience.
This came three weeks after an anonymous general manager told Bleacher Report's Jake Fischer of the developing All-Star wing tandem, "I think there's pretty widespread belief that they don’t work together.