Perkins’ latest head-scratch came in the form of a bizarre, bizarre view of the hot topic of the day: the controversial expulsion of Draymond Green from Game 1 of the Warriors-Grizzlies series. Acknowledging that he was not the cleanest of the players during his career, Perkins called Green and the Warriors who tried to play victim and accused them of the heinous crime of mild hypocrisy. @ KendrickPerkins does not hold back the Warriors 😳 “Why [the Warriors] trying to behave like they are the victims here. “No one wants to hold the Golden State accountable, no one!” pic.twitter.com/D33bAvlhv5 – NBA at ESPN (@ESPNNBA) May 2, 2022 “Draymond is not a dummy,” Perkins said. “Like, he has a high IQ, so he knows what he does and he knows what to do and what not to do. The only problem I have with Warriors is that they try to behave like they are the victims here. They are not the victims. Draymond Green committed a blatant foul 2. “ Perkins then tried to point out a contradiction between the way the Warriors acted on Green’s shot and the way they allegedly acted after Marcus Smart injured Steph Curry’s ankle while diving for a loose ball. The alleged hypocrisy in Perkins’s head is that the Warriors believe that Green’s physical play should not be punished, while the hard fouls against the Dubs should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. “You see, and this is when we go back to the point where Marcus Smart made a dove for the loose ball and Steve Kerr had a panic attack and he was so frustrated on the side, claiming that Marcus Smart did it on purpose,” Perkins added. “But suddenly you get to this moment and suddenly they want to cry wolf.” He then kicked the attacker in the attack: “No one wants to hold the Golden State accountable, no one!” All this incoherent spectacle follows the very simple formula of hot take: when many people believe one thing, then one presents the opposite view as the Really Right way to see things. Such a move in turn creates a cycle of outrage that feeds the content of other news sources (including SFGATE!) Because the media is a mess. Do journalists, current players, former officials and the live broadcast generally agree that Green should not have been fired? How about I tell you that Green knew what he was doing and the Warriors are crying over this whole thing? In the grand scheme of things, it makes sense why this happened – “this” is Perkins’ constant mistake of presenting to the public a salad word and a supposed point. Opposite views pay a lot of money in stores like ESPN because of the conversation that follows, the interactions on social media and any other unusual metrics created by media companies that they think determine whether something is good for business or not. Part of what helps this approach work is to support others, so that opposing views can have a sense of basic legitimacy when the person raising the issue does not have much to do. This is why you see the tweet promoting this hot version as “. @ KendrickPerkins does not hold back the Warriors” along with the blushing emoji, and why everyone in the studio is chanting a silly argument that is rather easy to reconstruct . The first step to making a stick is to convince others to feel that they are wrong because they believe otherwise. However, the most important part of reinforcing an opposite view, something that has been largely ignored in this situation, is that the download must be consistent. That was not what Perkins said on national television. What exactly are the Warriors called here? Is it upset that one of their best players withdrew from a playoff game for a call that even many NBA players found ridiculous? And the “victims” argument makes no sense. Green himself said he saw his reputation as “a mark of honor” and noted that he did not believe he was “chosen”. As for how the Dubs reacted when their star teammate, Steph Curry, was injured? The “victim”‘s offensive line also disappears, as Golden State players did everything they could to downplay the idea that Smart’s game was dirty. It just leaves this weird idea that the Warriors are not accountable enough. But why exactly should they be held accountable and who fails to bear that responsibility? Maybe there would be an argument for this if the Warriors lost Game 1 and blamed the referees for the defeat, but because that did not happen on Sunday, there is simply no convincing answer to that question. For what it’s worth, SFGATE has pointed out when the things the Warriors say or do are obviously ridiculous, but Perkins may not be reading our post. Maybe the only website he reads is the one that pays him, which means that people who do not do their job are his glue- … it does not matter. Distinguishing yourself in the busy NBA media space as a thought lover is a difficult task. However, even if they give you the leg as a specialist with a high profile on ESPN, it does not mean that the st you throw on the wall will stick.
