Kendrick Perkins Makes Huge Statement On Giannis Antetokounmpo: "We're Going To Have To Talk About Him Being On Mount Rushmore."

In the aftermath of Giannis Antetokounmpo's amazing performance in Game 5, ESPN's Kendrick Perkins was quick to shower him with praise. Speaking on NBA Today, the former Celtics big man lauded Giannis' dominance and suggested that he's headed towards being a Mount Rushmore type of player if he continues on his current path:

"We gotta start appreciating the greatness of Giannis Antetokounmpo. That was a LeBron James type of performance in the playoffs in the Garden. To walk into that hostile environment without one of your key guys in Khris Middleton and go in there and give them a 40-piece wing dinner, all-flats lemon pepper style and to do it in great fashion... and to take that three-point shot. We talk about everything Giannis can't do, we talked about him when he couldn't shoot free throws and was afraid to get to the line, he did that. And look at that moment, Giannis is not taking that shot last year. He has the confidence and when I talk about him on the verge of where he's going as far as being an all-time great and being the second greatest power forward behind Tim Duncan if he keeps this up, but we're going to have to talk about Giannis Antetokounmpo being on Mount Rushmore."