Kendrick Perkins appears to have lost faith in the Milwaukee Bucks after they lost for the fourth time in a row to the New York Knicks. He made this known while speaking yesterday on ESPN’s NBA Today.
Perkins was asked if he still takes the Bucks seriously as a contender. He then expressed doubts and reservations about their chances of winning as he sees them as soft because they capitulated against the Knicks at home.
No. And the word is out. They soft, and they're frontrunners. Look the Milwaukee Bucks when you think about what they did. Forget the games that they lost previous right to the Wizards, to the Raptors, to the Grizzlies. Kendrick Perkins said
Kendrick Perkins was right to call the Bucks soft because the way they’ve been losing games has been worrying, especially against teams they should, on paper, win. Their form in the last seven games hasn’t improved matters either, winning just once, the 122-113 win against the Atlanta Hawks.
Despite their recent woes, the Milwaukee Bucks have qualified for the postseason, joining title favorites, the Boston Celtics from the Eastern Conference. The Bucks face the C’s next and will hope to prove Perkins and every other critic wrong with a standout performance.
Kendrick Perkins believes that the Bucks’ season will be a failure if they don’t reach the NBA Finals
Kendrick Perkins spoke on ‘The NBA Countdown’ that the Milwaukee Bucks face high expectations this season as a result of the changes they’ve made both to their roster and coaching staff. A failure to teach the NBA Finals would otherwise be a disappointment.
Furthermore, he stressed that the presence of two of the NBA’s top 75 players, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard , is enough to give them the edge. However, it was shocking to see past coach Adrian Griffin lose his job even with a team record of 30-13.
Perkins, like every other lover of the game out there, has great expectations for the Bucks. Although the task of being an NBA champion is never easy, it shouldn’t be as tasking for the Bucks due to the experience in the squad, but first, they have to start winning games they shouldn’t be losing and not make it look too easy for the Celtics.
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