Everything about the Nets’ 129-100 win over the 76ers was just about as chaotic as it could possibly be.
There was the booing of Ben Simmons, there was the trash talk between Kevin Durant and Joel Embiid, there was the woeful performance from James Harden. Just throw it all into the bucket of chaos.
But the chaos did not stop there. No, absolutely not. It continued into the next day. Particularly with ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins.
Now y’all know Perk, man. He loves to drop a hot take and just leave it there sizzling whether it’s on the internet or live television. But sometimes he can get a little too eager to get a little too hot.
That happened on Friday’s episode of ESPN’s Get Up when Perk based his sizzling take off of a fake story from the NBA satire account terrorizing the internet, Ballsack Sports.
Now, look. Let’s be honest. We’ve all probably been “sacked” at least once or twice at this point. They make some pretty believable graphics! It isn’t until you see the name and source that you’re like…nah, this ain’t real.
Apparently, Perkins didn’t get to that part though. He talked about how there was still clearly beef between Kyrie Irving and James Harden and you could see it through Irving’s excellent defensive performance on Harden.
And, sure, there’s probably beef there after the way things ended in Brooklyn. But, uh, this practice Perkins is talking about? It didn’t happen.
KENDRICK PERKINS GOT SACKED LMAOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/s2YeDOYCpQ
— Mr Matthew CFB 🇺🇦 (@MrMatthewCFB) March 11, 2022
“All those rumors and stories that we heard about Kyrie and James Harden in practice with the Nets and Kyrie going at him? Guess what. Kyrie showed us last night that that was facts and it was true.”
That all sounds well and good until you figure out that the story actually came from here.
Kyrie Irving and James Harden got into “brief” physical altercation after Kyrie called the 32 year-old superstar “Washed” during one scrimmage. pic.twitter.com/zx7hXolipO
— Ballsack Sports ® (@BallsackSports) February 11, 2022
Man. I cannot believe that a Twitter account with this name continues to put people in the bag like this. It’s really incredible. They got Perkins. They sacked him. It’s tragic. But also pretty hilarious.
NBA fans got a laugh out of this one.
