[Perkins] “I’m retiring from voting in individual awards because I have done a disservice. Voting for Rudy Gobert is an embarrassment for me. He’s the first player we see every single postseason that becomes a defensive liability. When I look at Rudy, he has tarnished the DPOY award.”
by AashyLarry
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Maybe just retire in general Perk
Whoever gave you a vote should be fired
Honestly just stupid bullying at this point.
You’ve also straight up forgot someone 2 years in a row
Dumb reasoning aside, this is a net positive if it actually happens
Rudy’s way better than you ever were, Perk.
Rudy shut down the NBA and got Perkins to not have a vote anymore? DPOY him again.
Still got to the right place with the wrong map.
you could give my 2 year old a ballot and a crayon and he’d vote better than Perk, so this isn’t a big loss.
Maybe he should retire all together since the DPOY Award is for the regular season, not postseason
Why does he have a vote in the first place?
just end the quote at “I’m retiring from voting”, and maybe for once most people would agree with you Perk
That possession where Ant went to sleep and let PJ Washington hit an open corner 3 in the clutch was a much bigger “defensive liability” than anything Gobert did in this series.
Oh shit thanks Rudy!
Rudy getting Perk to retire from voting might be his biggest accomplishment yet
Unfortunate that he gets any kind of awards vote
Are they disagreeing with the idea of him being the best defensive player in the regular season? Cause it’s a regular season award.
So glad when I saw Perkins is retiring but oh well.
The hate is way over the top at this point. Feel for Rudy
Thanks you, Rudy.
And once again, the alleged best players on the Wolves have been ass for 3 games but sure, it’s Gobert’s fault. What a disgrace.
Sorry to anyone who dedicates time to following sports media personalities, ya’ll gotta be going through some shit to subject yourselves to this.
Please retire from the media
If that’s true why is Rudy a +114 on the floor in the playoffs, by far the best for the Wolves (Ant is +84, a full 30 points behind)
Not even a Rudy fan but the way he has been thrown under the bus is really lame and highlights how ass NBA media is.
The Wolves don’t make it to the conference finals without Rudy and they certainly aren’t a top three seed without him. But because no one wants to give him his flowers all the success of the Wolves has been chalked up to ANT being this elite top 5-10 player. But now that ANT is struggling all the blame falls on Rudy?
ANT in three very close loses is averaging 18/8/8 on 38/33/83 shooting spilts. He is the reason why the have lost. If he had an average series they would have won at least one game. ANT needs to be better it doesn’t matter what Rudy does. But because the NBA media wants him to be the face of the league and pushed him as such in the two first rounds they are all quite and aren’t blaming him even though he is the one playing worse.
The main problem with Gobert isn’t his D it’s his O. Timberwolves playing 4v5 on O sometimes with him on the court. In 21 clippers felt comfortable putting Mann on him and they played 5 out and that’s why they won.
He should be more embarrassed about not voting Brandon Miller for all rookie
what a moron
It’s honestly crazy how Gobert has become one of the most defended players on this subreddit
Fuck off perk , thank kg you even have a career , fucking bum .
Good, please retire from my TV too. If you’re putting that series on Gobert you’re gaslighting the audience. Ant and KAT are playing way below the level that got them here.
The Timberwolves have a 110 d rating with gobert on the floor this series & a 135 rating when he sits.
He’s the only starter with a positive net rating (+2). Please continue scape boating him when KAT is 15-54 and him, Ants & Nazs backside rotations after blitzing pick and rolls has been horrific.
Whoever is in charge of their defensive schemes needs to find a new gig. Rudy kept getting left out to dry on guards.
But calls out MVP voters for being racist… Gobert just did us all a favor
This playoff run for the wolves has really stumped the average person trying to evaluate the team.
Well, I love Rudy now. Absolute GOAT.
The Rudy slander is just getting ridiculous, at this point it’s revisionist history. Edwards and Karl Anthony-Towns have just not performed to their standards this series.
Jordan averaged 31 against Mutumbo in his career. Shaq killed Mutumbo in the finals.
Luka and Jokic are regarded as two of the top players in the league. Most centers would get cooked by them
Legitimate question, do people just think the DPOY award means “Defensive One Man Army” or something? I know Rudy hasn’t had the best series, but he is not the only one on the Wolves getting beat out there.
My biggest issue with Perk isn’t even that he’s on TV just to spew hot air on purpose, it’s that ESPN has seemingly mandated that their serious analysts treat his inflammatory, baseless bullshit like it’s worthy of consideration.
Case in point, I really like Zach Lowe and I think that people generally consider him a measured, insightful and reasonable NBA analyst. But once a month it feels, he’ll kick a podcast segment off with “so Perk came into the studio today and said ______, and I love Perk, love him, but let’s spend 5-10 mins on why he’s a reactionary goon who never once said anything of merit”. This week it was the assertion that the Celtics are actually Jaylen Brown’s team. It means nothing and generates meaningless discussion, and if any random said it Lowe wouldn’t give it the time of day. But because Perk works for ESPN, it drags down Lowe’s and everyone else’s coverage by association, even as they dismiss his takes.
Long rant short, it’s like calling Twitter X because Elon wants you to. No one is obligated to treat him seriously, and we’re all done a disservice when legitimate people do for seemingly no real reason.
“I’m not qualified to vote on awards” said the man who everyone knew was not qualified to do anything really