PLAYERS:
Kendrick Perkins,
LeBron James,
John Lucas
TEAMS: Oklahoma City Thunder, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls
TEAMS: Oklahoma City Thunder, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls
Oklahoma City center Kendrick Perkins isn’t complaining about being dunked on, or even being tweeted about being dunked on. However, LeBron James’ Twitter reaction, which resembled that of a 13 year old, to Blake Griffin’s posterizing Perkins offended the Thunder big man.
But what would you expect from a man who named his Twitter account “King James?” In his defense, his Twitter background is tastefully dedicated to his fans, not himself.
There was a lot of reaction on Twitter to Griffin dunking on Perkins, including James.
from ESPN.com:
“Dunk of the Year! @blakegriffin just dunked on Kendrick Perkins so hard!!! Wow! I guess I’m No. 2 now. Move over #6,” James tweeted, apparently referring to his own dunk the day before over Chicago Bulls point guard John Lucas III being relegated behind Griffin’s poster-quality jam.
Perkins told Yahoo! Sports that he didn’t appreciate that.
“You don’t see Kobe (Bryant) tweeti...
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