Kendrick Perkins was reportedly ‘banned’ from the Celtics ring ceremony and banner raising on opening night and he has hit back at these claims.
This follows on from NBC Boston TV analyst Brian Scalabrine’s comments in June, where he said that Perkins and the Celtics don’t have “an open-arms thing” anymore.
The 2008 Celtics champ was asked about all of it on All the Smoke this week and had some words for Scalabrine
Perkins didn’t mince words with his response, while also landing another shot against Scalabrine after calling him a “coward” in June.
“To be quite honest, I don’t give a f**k. I don’t give a f**k,” Perkins said. “I don’t give a f**k because here’s the thing, I never take winning the championship for granted. But they act like you have to be tied to that situation or that’s your life.
“It was an honor to play for one of the most historical franchises. I never take that for granted. I think what ended up happening was — well, I know — I said a take about Joe Mazzulla. They win the championship, and Brian Scalabrine, f**k Scal, he’s like, ‘Well, door’s not just open for him to come back to the Celtic organization.”
Perkins continued to take aim at the Boston analyst, saying he tried to inflate his role at the C’s title run in 2008.
“Now, it’s two things I took from that. One, Scal, who the f**k are you? You’s the same motherf**ker that when we won a championship, was in street clothes, hurry up and went changed into your jersey so once we started taking pictures, you could know that you was a part of the team. And I actually like Scal, but I thought there should have been a phone conversation, right?”
The ex-Celtic also explained how that head coach Joe Mazzulla contacted him about coming to team events.
“Start of this season, I actually get an email from Joe Mazzulla saying, ‘Whenever you’re free if you’re in Boston or we play the Rockets, I wanna go to dinner and break bread,” Perkins said.
