Russell Westbrook Will No Longer Speak to One of His Former Teammates

Russell Westbrook is not a fan, so carry the hell on.

Former NBA Center Kendrick Perkins is currently doing his thing at ESPN. He’s transitioned from NBA player to TV Talking head and his television career is booming at ESPN. Perkins is all over the ESPN family of networks these days, as he appears on multiple programs. He’s become one of ESPN’s favorite.

He’s definitely no longer one of Russell Westbrook‘s favorites. Perkins spoke with The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast to explain the situation with Westbrook.

“I’m actually working on getting my relationship back with one of my brothers who was very, very upset, Russell Westbrook,” Perkins began.

“I defended Russell Westbrook for years, and this year he struggled and it was a topic that came up on First Take and they asked out of the big three with the Lakers, which one would you trade… for me, it was Russell Westbrook,” Perkins said.

“His wife actually reached out to my wife and with a long text message… she said, ‘My kids finally got him back home [after being with the Wizards] and we’re so happy that he’s back home’ and things of that nature, and it really messed me up… I reached back out to her and sent her a long, heartfelt message and said the one thing about it is that I would never disrespect your family, we’re talking about the game of basketball, and you know I’m one of Russell Westbrook’s biggest supporters.”

CLIP: Russell Westbrook is currently not talking to Kendrick Perkins after Westbrook and his wife were upset about Perkins saying the Lakers should trade Westbrook.

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Perkins later said that Westbrook never responded to his apology.

When you choose to  be on TV, you can’t let personal relationship get in the way, and with all these guys trying to Out HOT Take one another, you’re going to have no choice but to ruffle some feathers.  Call it an occupational hazard.

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