{"id":414072,"date":"2022-12-28T08:42:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T08:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=414072"},"modified":"2022-12-28T08:42:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T08:42:28","slug":"serge-ibaka-kendrick-perkins-beef-begins-on-age-shaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/serge-ibaka-kendrick-perkins-beef-begins-on-age-shaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Serge Ibaka &#038; Kendrick Perkins: Beef Begins On Age Shaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kendrick Perkins made a joke about Serge Ibaka being older than he claims, which sparked Ibaka to respond extensively on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Ibaka then went off-topic and brought up their time playing together at OKC and Perkins&#8217; prior criticism of Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant.<\/p>\n<p>It was obvious that the man needed to vent.<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Perkins&#8217; &#8220;joke&#8221; regarding Serge Ibaka&#8217;s age, in Serge Ibaka&#8217;s opinion, is not amusing.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Oi366ANhbws\">ESPN<\/a> analyst made a remark about Serge Ibaka&#8217;s age on Monday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;First Take,&#8221; which the Bucks forward obviously didn&#8217;t like.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Serge Ibaka is not happy with Kendrick Perkins&#39; joke about his age.<\/p>\n<p>It quickly turned into a venting session from Serge on Perk&#39;s &quot;leadership&quot; during their days with Oklahoma City. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IOT1tGiyXz\">pic.twitter.com\/IOT1tGiyXz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boomtown Hoops (@BoomtownHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoomtownHoops\/status\/1607477035865088003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>What did Kendrick Perkins say?<\/h2>\n<p>Perkins compared the current Celtics to the Thunder squad that advanced to the NBA Finals in 2012 while analysing which NBA clubs had the most to lose this season.<\/p>\n<p>Perkins remarked, &#8220;We were a youthful team that really made it to the NBA Finals. You know what everyone kept saying, right? Oh, I forgot to mention that Kevin Durant is only 23. Westbrook is only 22 years old. Age 22 is James Harden.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Serge Ibaka is 21, but given how some people may lie about their ages, he was possibly 30 at the time. But that is not the topic at hand.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did you say spreading lies at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sergeibaka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sergeibaka<\/a> ? Please don\u2019t get me started homie!!!! Please don\u2019t. I\u2019m not about to talk about those OKC days and what you were doing in that locker room. I will not\u2026 but you definitely need to stop because you know I KNOW!!!! Carry on tho\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KendrickPerkins\/status\/1607483767211319303?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>What did Serge Ibaka say?<\/h2>\n<p>Serge Ibaka, 33, responded to a &#8220;First Take&#8221; segment footage that has since been removed from Twitter. He had also addressed age-related accusations five years prior, stating that Africans &#8220;need to take a stand&#8221; against claims that are &#8220;based on prejudices,&#8221; as The Athletic&#8217;s Law Murray pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Serge Ibaka, who was born on September 18, 1989, in the Republic of the Congo, stated on Twitter that it was &#8220;disappointing to hear someone I shared a locker room with spewing disinformation in an effort to be relevant and garner attention on TV and social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the second time in 5 years that Serge Ibaka has had to address this. Here was the statement he had to make ahead of his 2017 free agency <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VqcZUrNvG3\">https:\/\/t.co\/VqcZUrNvG3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oKLldnSIRF\">pic.twitter.com\/oKLldnSIRF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Law Murray \ud83d\udc26\u200d\ud83d\udd25 (@LawMurrayTheNU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LawMurrayTheNU\/status\/1607485678241329153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He continued by saying that while he will always be open to criticism of his play on the court, Perkins&#8217; &#8220;unfounded&#8221; claims about his age were &#8220;not acceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then, according to Serge Ibaka, Perkins violated Oklahoma City&#8217;s &#8220;locker room code&#8221; by &#8220;spreading lies&#8221; about Durant and Westbrook.<\/p>\n<p>Ibaka tweeted, &#8220;You attacked [Durant] when he played poorly behind his back, and you criticised [Westbrook] when he played poorly.<\/p>\n<p>Ibaka tweeted to end the thread, &#8220;I understand everyone needs to do their work and take care of their family, but you are proof not everybody knows how to do it with style and decency. I could talk about you more, but I&#8217;m not that way. This time, though, you went too far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGM8xu0lk5o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/controversial-star-miles-bridges-set-for-nba-return-after-being-domestic-violence-drama\/\">Controversial Star Miles Bridges Set For NBA Return After Being Domestic Violence Drama<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kendrick Perkins made a joke about Serge Ibaka being older than he claims, which sparked Ibaka to respond extensively on Twitter. Ibaka then went off-topic and brought up their time playing together at OKC and Perkins&#8217; prior criticism of Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. It was obvious that the man needed to vent. Kendrick Perkins&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":414073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2215,1108,4303,4304],"class_list":["post-414072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-news","tag-serge-ibaka","tag-serge-ibaka-kendrick-perkins","tag-serge-ibaka-kendrick-perkins-beef"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}