Kendrick Perkins Hits LeBron James With Sharp Kobe Bryant ‘Idol’ Truth Bomb
The The Los Angeles Lakers are currently preparing for the second half of the NBA season after All-Star Weekend at the Intuit Dome. The Lakers are currently in playoff position, but will still need to turn up the heat as the season continues to secure a top six seed in the West.
LeBron James was present and participated in the All-Star Game of one of the two American teams, but recently his former teammate Kendrick Perkins punched the future Hall of Famer. sharp truth bomb about James’ stature among the younger players in today’s game.
“A lot of these guys, these young stars and rising superstars, don’t look up to LeBron anyway,” Perkins said on ESPN’s First Take, via Awful Announcing. “So they’re not following in his footsteps. A lot of these guys look up to Kobe. A lot of these guys go on the record and talk about how they look up to Kevin Durant more than LeBron James. They don’t idolize him.”
It’s unclear what evidence Perkins has to support this claim, although there’s no denying how influential he is Kobe Bryant it was and continues to be more than six years after his untimely death.
Meanwhile, James is still a huge figure in the NBA landscape, but it’s been more than half a decade since he last appeared in the NBA Finals, and in many ways, the league has begun laying the infrastructure for how things will be after he retires, with young superstars like the San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama and James’ next-generation teammate Luka Dontorcic.
Either way, the Lakers’ season should resume on Friday night against the Los Angeles Clippers. Tipoff is set for 10:00 PM ET.
2026-02-17 19:46:00
