Two former Boston Celtics teammates, who had been part of the final workforce to win an NBA title previous to this yr’s champions, are in an unsightly feud that’s unfolding in entrance of all followers.
Brian Scalabrine and Kendrick Perkins had been each a part of the 2008 Celtics workforce that hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
Nevertheless, Scalabrine claims Perkins was purposefully not invited to this yr’s celebration with the workforce.
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Celtics Kendrick Perkins and Brian Scalabrine, proper, received some assist from Joseph Rosado, 17, left, of Salem, and Juan Ayalla, 19, of Boston whereas participating in a scavenger hunt because the Boston Celtics make an look at Modell’s in Medford on March 9 2009. (Matthew West/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald by way of Getty Pictures)
“No, no, no, no, no, no,” Scalabrine stated on his SiriusXM present after being requested if Perkins was invited to this yr’s celebration in Boston after the Celtics took care of the Dallas Mavericks in 5 video games.
“Huge scarlet letter. … It’s not likely an open-arms factor with Kendrick Perkins.”
Perkins caught wind of what Scalabrine stated about him, and he aired out his ideas on Boston’s 98.5 The Sports activities Hub’s “Felger and Mazz” present on Monday.
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“Proper now, I really feel like Scal is a coward,” Perkins stated. “When you go publicly to say one thing like that, and I attain out to you privately, a minimum of name me again.”
Perkins went on to say that he wasn’t the one participant from ’08 lacking on the duck boat.
“Was I the one 2008 member lacking from the duck boat? No, I wasn’t,” he acknowledged. “[Eddie] Home, my man, he was there. Leon Powe, nice pal of mine as nicely, he was there. Scal was there and Paul [Pierce] was there. There was nonetheless 11 different guys lacking. And to be sincere with you, if I might’ve received an invitation, which I didn’t — I didn’t know we was speculated to — however anyway, 9 occasions out of 10, I might’ve turned it down.”
Kendrick Perkins attends the Ruffles NBA All-Star Celeb Sport throughout the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend at Wolstein Middle on February 18, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Pictures)
Perkins added that declining a possible invite has nothing to do with Boston or the Celtics.
“That’s not our second. That’s 2024’s second,” Perkins stated. “Let these guys have their second.”
Perkins claims Scalabrine informed him he would name again after beforehand lacking a name from the large man, nevertheless, it has not come to fruition.
“After I name you and also you don’t decide up, and you then inform me you’ll name me later and also you don’t need to have a grown-man dialog about it, and also you all the time decide up another time, I received an issue with that.
“Proper now, I really feel such as you’re ducking me.”
Brian Scalabrine stated his former Celtics teammate Kendrick Perkins has a “large scarlet letter” when requested if he was invited to the workforce’s 2024 championship celebration. (Getty Pictures)
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Scalabrine and Perkins performed collectively from 2005-10 with the Celtics, and after their careers ended, they each went into media. Scalabrine is an analyst for Celtics video games, and Perkins covers the NBA nationally with ESPN.
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