Kendrick Perkins, Ramona Shelburne, Richard Jefferson and Malika Andrews discuss the best possible NBA Finals matchup for the Denver Nuggets.
0:00 Jokic playing in his first NBA Finals
2:10 Who do the Nuggets want to play in the finals?
5:46 Is the pressure on the Celtics or the Heat for Game 7?
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38 Comments
My brother in christ, the celtics and heat are having a midoff, Denver don't care 😭
Giannis is the most dominating player and best player
it doesn't matter who wins tonight …….. Nuggets are gonna win the championship who ever picks Heat or Boston over Denver needs be drug tested !!! Perkins must be blind idk what basketball games his watching maybe his own highlights cuz its not what everyone else is watching …..
who does take Perkins seriously at this point? his takes are a joke, his basketball IQ is joke, and his predictions are laughable.
Tatum and brown have to match Jokic and Murray. Tatum and brown disappear too much.
Lets keep it real if the Heat go to the finals they would get swept by the Nuggets. Would not be a good series if the Heat go I rather see Boston which would be a better match up
Celtics win game 7 in overtime by 13. I know it sounds hard to believe but they are about to do something that's never happened before
If they face Boston, They don’t have home court advantage but still Denver has shown they can win on the road
Jokic led Nuggets into playoffs without Jamal Murray for two years. Jokic’s playoff resume is just as impressive as Jason Tatum’s. Nuggets just weren’t healthy but made two straight conference finals with a healthy roster (2020, 2023).
I imagine They dont give a fck who is front of them, they have the best player , and maybe the third best player in the series and a well balanced ,unselfish and deep team, chemistry and a 2 time MVP very motivated whose name has been disrespected most than anybody's , maybe not Ben Simmons's..
Give credit to Perk for sticking with his own lot of sellouts in this game
I REALLY gotta stop getting surprised by Kendrick’s horrific takes… He needs a whole segment just for him.. “ PERK OFF A PERK”
Mention Jokic or Luka and the Caucs come out in full defense
The lakers were the #1 defensive team after all star break including playoffs. To think nuggets afraid of the Celtics after going through KD, Booker, lebron and AD lol please 😂
So i wasn't a jokic believer but i am now. We have to stop thinking denver is overrated they are that team
Are you kidding me Perk? Tatum over Jokic? Stop it.
Perk my guy but he ok percs talkin like this😂 but I get it Boston his team
What’s up with Perkin’s beef with Jokic, this man didn’t do nothing to Perkins and Perkins is the same guy that said the Celtics had 0 percent to beat the Heat and now he’s all the Nuggets don’t want to see them oh please, worst analyst I’ve seen, bring in McCullum or Rondo who know more than this clown
Perkins actually said that Tatum has a better resume than Jokić ……
Does not matter, Denver will win
Well considering it’s perk…. Bet everything you have on the nuggets. Dude hates on jokic to the point of ridiculousness. Hope espn cuts him loose
Perkins has to have dementia. Hes picked against the nuggets every round except maybe the first.
Shut up perkins idiotic saying
Whoever comes out of the east needs to be worried about the Nuggets 🤣 they been resting since Bron sweep
replace Perkins
I skip everytime a women talks
Man what bodies you throwing at jokic lmao
The heat or the Celtics not want to play against the Denver nuggets let's keep that real 🤫🤣
They’re sweeping whoever Jokic not losing
Perk is more of a clown. Jokic is living rent free in his mind. What a hater.
I'll smoke whatever perk is smoking 😂
Perk said the same thing last year oh the warriors don’t wanna play Boston in the finals Boston will win in 6 etc and the dubs won in 6 and Tatum in games 5 and 6 choked the same thing will happen this year if they win tonight and play denver it’ll be nuggets in 6 and the joker will win FMVP
Kendrick Perkins always saying some bull smh.
Perk putting lots of stuff in Malones pipe and if he's not careful he's gonna get his beloved Celtics smoked.
Nuggets will beat either of these teams imo. Neither team can match up with Joker.
Speak on that celtic pride big perk speak on it, they underestimated the defending eastern conference champions .🙌
Gentle reminder the last time Celtics played Nuggets Jokic won with a 30 point triple dozen in 30 minutes.
Bam can't hold Jokic but Horford can? Perk just outta pocket as usual. You simply cannot compare Jokics performance in the playoffs to Tatums. Jokic has played transcendentally. Dudes breaking WILT records ffs. Celtics had ugly games and moments in every series whereas Jokics WORST performance was a 50 point triple dozen in a losing effort.
Perk hating so hard yet again and can't give flowers.
I love it keep it up perk we've been hearing it all year