Kendrick Perkins Said James Harden Played Poorly In The 2012 NBA Finals Because He Was Partying In Miami

Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden has developed quite the reputation as a party animal. Even during COVID, Harden has been spotted out at clubs with rappers and strippers. Now that Harden got his wish and was traded by the Rockets, I still wouldn’t expect his to change his lifestyle. Especially if you consider what Kendrick Perkins had to say about “The Beard” recently.

Perkins went on Showtime’s All The Smoke podcast, and talked about the 2012 NBA Finals when him, KD, Harden and Westbrook went up against LeBron and the Miami Heat.

“When we went to Miami we couldn’t get a win to save our life, Russ and KD came to play, I had a couple double doubles, Serge was doing pretty good but man James ain’t gives us shit and you know why. Motherfucker, King Of Diamonds caught a hold of his ass. In San Antonio he didn’t have a damn thing to do, when we got to Miami there was everything to do and you couldn’t get that motherfucker to buy a bucket in that motherfucker,” Perkins said on the podcast.

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If James Harden couldn’t even stop himself from partying during the NBA Finals, then he never will. Who knows if that was the real reason why he didn’t have a good performance, but it’s still a bad look. James Harden needs to win a championship before he’ll ever be taken seriously.

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