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Kendrick Perkins, the winner of the NBA Championship Boston CelticsPushing back LeBron James’s claim, fans of the team claimed to be “racist.”
The Los Angeles Lakers Superstar He made his remarks in an episode of HBO’s “The Shop.” However, this statement did not exactly match Perkins, who played for the Celtics from 2003 to 2011. Perkins explained that he spoke to Celtic fans such as Marcus Smart and Bill Russell on ESPN’s “First Take” on Monday.
“But this is what I mean. There is racism everywhere. And I say this to many people, I spent eight and a half years there, and maybe I’m in the Celtics. I didn’t experience racism because I was there, and I think of people who live in Boston or move to Boston … and if you have a chance to get there, different kinds of You can see that we have coaches and everything, “says Perkins, now an NBA analyst at ESPN.
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Kendrick Perkins (# 43) at the Boston Celtics Center pushes towards the net against the Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (# 23). The Celtics will practice before playing the Cavaliers in Game 6 of the second round of the NBA Finals at the Quicken Lawns Arena on May 16. , 2008.
(Stuart Kay Hill / Media News Group / Boston Herald via Getty Images)
“Well, say this. Boston fans, when rude, cross the line and hit under the belt. You can say to a player like Lebron that he’s throwing what he says he threw beer. I heard a water bottle hit Kyrie Irving and fans hit Kyrie Irving and chanted something. Even when Lebron James was playing against Cavalier when he was dropping 40. There was a poster on the stand. When you start talking about people’s loved ones, you start to push the limits.
“So I’ve never dealt with racism, but I’ve heard from many other players that Boston is a racist and related to its nature, but racial everywhere. There is discrimination. Boston. “
Kendrick Perkins of the Boston Celtics Center will defend the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Forward LeBron James in the first quarter of the third match of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at TD Garden on Friday, May 7, 2010.
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James commented Maverick Carter, James’ business partner, said in a conversation that there are places where fans can “literally rob you of the game.” James said Boston is one of those places.
The show’s co-producer, Paul Rivera, asked James why he hates Boston.
“That’s why they are racist as f —,” he said. “They will say anything, and it’s okay. That is, f —, it’s my wife, she’s dealt with them for the rest of her life. I don’t care about it. I hear it. More and more, when I hear someone nearby, I hear it Check them out really quickly. I move on to the game whatever f — is. What they mean by f — I would say anything. They might throw something. I was thrown a beer when I left the game. “
Carter said Boston is the only place In the NBA I have a T-shirt that says “F — Revlon”.
James added: “Yes, it’s like an” F — LBJ “T-shirt. Probably sold at the f — ing team shop. “
LeBron James, # 6 of the Los Angeles Lakers, is watching during a match against the New Orleans Pelican at the Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, California on April 1, 2022.
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Both James and Carter are investors in the Fenway Sports Group. Own a red soxLiverpool FC, Pittsburgh Penguins, RFK Racing.
