Hands down the best start to his NBA career, Golden State Warriors reserve forward, Marreese Speights, recently had a season-high in scoring with 28 points along with 7 rebounds against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Speights though, had to thank one person in particular for his great game against OKC. That man is…
Kendrick Perkins?
Check out the following from Rusty Simmons of the San Fransisco Chronicle.
Speights spent much of the game talking trash to the Thunder’s bench — all the while, knocking down 11-of-18 shots for a season-high 28 points. Apparently, most of Speights’ venom was directed at Oklahoma City backup center Kendrick Perkins, who had four points on 2-of-4 shooting.
“It’s just that Perk always has something to say,” Speights said. “He thinks he’s a tough guy, but at the end of the day, his game is terrible. He always has something to say to me, every time we play against each other.
“It always gets me going, so: ‘Shout out to Perkins’ for helping me get this game.”
Well, well, well. I think Speights is opening an interesting can of worms here. Speights has some game, there’s no doubt about that. A guy whos made a career of coming off the bench, providing some energy and an ability to score in the post. But he’s trash talking the big man here, the ever ruthless Kendrick Perkins. Well all i have to say is keep an eye open the next time the Warriors and Thunder play.
Which, by the way, is December 18th on TNT.
