Shannon Sharpe & Kendrick Perkins DO NOT see eye-to-eye over Steph Curry’s minutes ⏰ | First Take

Shannon Sharpe & Kendrick Perkins DO NOT see eye-to-eye over Steph Curry’s minutes ⏰ | First Take

NBA to get into with limited playing time just 29 minutes before uh Steve cerr pulled Steph Curry Curry scored 31 points made five three-pointers but the Warriors couldn’t contain the t-wolves perimeter shooting lost 114 110 at the Target Center that loss drops the Warriors two games behind the Los

Angeles Lakers for the number nine spot in the Western Conference Steph only played 30 minutes in this one KR gave his reasons after take a listen who’s put the burden of this franchise on his shoulders for 15 years um we can’t expect him to play 35 minutes we got five games in

Seven days on this road trip so um if you want to say that him playing 30 minutes instead of 32 is the difference in the win and the loss I I totally disagree with that every game matters you know we’re inching closer to the other end of

The standings that we never thought we’d be in so nobody’s gonna wave the white flag and say you know you’re you’re mailing it in and if that means playing more minutes and I’ll be ready to do that all right sh where where are you on this one do you agree with Kerr on

Limiting Steph’s minutes hell no because as you said yeah you put you put it on his shoulders for the last 15 years but that’s the expectation that we have for great players what great players that we didn’t expect to play especially given the situation I can see if you’re the

Number one seed and you got two or three games or a two or three game lead you want to live in his minutes but you’re fighting for your play in life not your your playoff life your play in life and you V and and and uh uh the Houston

Rockets are only one game back they won eight straight and you seem to finding ways to lose these games so I disagree with Steve cerry I and it seems to me that Steph Curry wants to play because he doesn’t want to be a guy that that

Misses the play in misses the playoffs I understand that last year they got bounced in the first uh after they played the Lakers and they ended up losing but I disagree with uh uh Steve ker on this one because that’s the expectations that we have for great

Players is that they play more they do more and we expect more from them he he’s doing a lot he’s doing a lot let me ask you a question let me ask you a question shanon can you drive a vehicle with rims with no

TI No No well you can hold hold on hold on hold hold hold on can you drive a vehicle with ties with no rims no no you’re asking this is what Steve Curry is saying we’re his you’re we’re asking Steph Curry to be the rim and the tire

Sometimes the help need help damn it he’s doing his part Steve Curry is saying can Klay Thompson can CP3 can Draymond can Jonathan kaminga can y’all Elevate y’all game like we look at all the greats every guy that didn’t won the championship whether it was Jordan

Jordan was the rim damic Pippen was the tire LeBron James was the rim Anthony Davis was the tire when we look at all the greats every great that was a rim they had a tire they had somebody that was going to help them now I will say

This what it sounds like to me is Steve cerry is not in denial where they at right now and he knows that his team is not that damn good so basically why why should I run my guy Steph Curry into the ground in the position that we’re in

Knowing that we’re not not going to make no noise anyway he knows what a championship team look like damn it he’s been a part of four of them so unlike you and these Laker fans he’s actually seeing a big picture we just don’t have enough hold on wait a minute when they

Beat the Lakers every time they win a game Steve Kirk comes out there this team can make a deep playoff run as we have to get healthy every time they lose now all of a sudden the the burden of the franchise has been on Steph Curry

You can’t have it both ways perk you can’t say we can make a deep playoff run when you win but all of a sudden you lose and all of a sudden Steph Curry’s playing 30 minutes you don’t get to have it both ways in s would you agree that if you

Were in Steve cerr position and look I give Steve cerr a lot of heat but wouldn’t you agree that this year for him has been exhausting having having to deal with Draymond Green and everything that’s been going on with him his suspensions you know know him being away

From the team dealing with Klay Thompson not being the best version of Klay having to to put him move him to the bench and have him come off the bench having to trust into a young fell like Jonathan kaminga who could come off as being a bit selfish at times with his

Shot selection but you don’t want to pull a card from him because you want to keep his confidence High having to watch your guy Steph Curry go out there night tonight as one of the smallest guys on the floor take this physical beating because bigger Defenders are on him

Every single night and you’re watching your team and it got to be exhausting it is it’s exhausting but that’s how Steph Curry became Steph Curry so what you Steve Curry thought he was going to have it like 2016 17 18 19 21 is that what 22

Is that what he thought that it was going to be all peaches and cream for the entirey of his coaching career he has the best win percentage in the history of the game so so how is it supposed to turn out for in perk he don’t want any adversity he doesn’t want

Any hardship he wants it great all the time I thought there has to be some adversity I thought there was supposed to be some some some some Rough Waters here and there damn perk you wanted great all the time you wanted 75 and Sunny per that’s called that’s called coaching damn

You but look Shannon Shannon you know this okay Thompson is is a future Hall of Famer okay you know this as being a a franchise guy it is not easy to have those conversations with a guy that then help you build the dynasty a guy that then created this dynasty with you and

Klay Thompson now going to my next point this is what I’m trying to tell you see you you’re in denial right now when it comes down to the Los Angeles Lakers you are in denial about hold up hold on but let me get to my point we sitting up

Here and and we’re watching the Lakers and they have shown us who they are that’s why they in the nice spot Steve Curry is sitting up here saying we are in the 10 spot I’m looking at this team I’m looking at this tough Western Conference I’m looking at this uphill

Battle that we have to climb and damn it I’m not about to sit up here and run Steph Curry into the ground that is a smart move by a coach and that has face reality to answer your question that’s not what he said last week when they

Beat the Lakers he said they can make a playoff run so was he lying then or is he lying now to your second to your first to your original Point how many kids you got perk I got four you got four kids at some point in time you’ve

Had to sit down and have a conversation with them right that’s called parenting because everything is not going to be going to the amusement park getting cotton candy and eating candy apples am I correct that’s called parenting coaching is not always about winning championships sometimes you have to have

Very difficult conversations with with players that have been great for an extended period of time and they’re not where they are they’re not where they once were that’s called coaching so he doesn’t get to say uh go ahead and and guess what else comes with coaching and parenting honesty and that’s what we’re

Seeing out of Steve cry that’s why I bought up the rim and the tie because Steve cry is saying basically I need help Steph Curry needs help he does anybody that’s been watching the Golden State Warriors could tell that damn it Steph Curry needs help he needs help

Unless unless you’re the Boston Celtics and the Denver Nuggets every other team in the NBA need help this is not mutually exclusive to the Golden State Warriors come on with it I got more if you want it Shannon Shannon Shannon listen it’s a lot of other teams right

There that are knocking at the door the Milwaukee Bucks are knocking at the door the Phoenix Suns are starting to find they they they stride they’re knocking at the door so it’s not just night and day that the Celtics and the nuggets are just that much better than everyone else

Pelicans are knocking at the door they’re not so my thing again you’re the first person to say that perk perk you’re the first person to say that on the show I feel like everybody has everybody has said uh that yeah that they head and shoulders above everyone

Else Stephen A doesn’t feel that way cuz he likes the Celtics as well but everybody else feels like they’re men amongst boys no and then especially when you look in the Eastern Conference look at what the Milwaukee Bucks have been doing of late Molly look at what they’ve been doing

Look how they went to Boston and competed but look at the teams that they’ve been beating since the allstar break you get this Milwaukee Bucks team that Series against the Celtics is going seven games but I’m saying people are not saying that the Celtics need anything you keep saying that the N that

Uh Golden State needs something every team needs something un all right got to go we’ll be [Applause] Continued

On First Take, Shannon Sharpe and Kendrick Perkins talk through Steve Kerr’s comments about the Golden State Warriors limiting Steph Curry’s minutes.

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