What else do you need?! – Perk on the Celtics building around Jayson Tatum and the playoffs

What else do you need?! – Perk on the Celtics building around Jayson Tatum and the playoffs

Hey welcome inside our Los Angeles Studio this is MBA today on YouTube the extra bits that we didn’t get to in the 3:00 hour on ESPN he is the one and only Kendrick Perkins he is Brian wior I’m Malika Andrews the playoffs are around the corner like it or not here they come

Kendrick Perkins Brian wior had a list this morning up on espn.com you did a windy watch listy watch list this isn’t big perk big list this is Wendy’s list mine but yours I am curious your thoughts on who the players are that are under the most pressure that have the

Most to gain from this year’s postseason oh well one comes to mind old Jason Tatum du Dad okay and and and look when you talk about being put in position in the organization doing everything in their power to make sure they surround you with the pieces to go and complete

The mission I don’t know what other team in the league has done a better job than the Boston Celtics um for as putting the pieces around Jason t like you you trade away Marcus Smart who’s your former defensive player of the year the heart and soul of your team

Okay you get bring in uh Christi porzingis you bring in Drew holiday what else do you need like we we’re literally saying you have the best starting five in basketball outside of the defending champs so when I look at Jason Tatum the time is now and I understand he had a

You know his career you know since he came into the league as a rookie he’s won at a high level Conference Finals Conference Finals NBA Finals but now it’s time for him to complete the mission and he has zero excuses on why he shouldn’t and if he does complete the

Mission com uh complete the mission then it x a lot of things out we could change the narrative about Jason Tatum I would agree with that I think he’s almost number one on that list actually number one I have it up right here he is number

One on the list especially since um he’s going to get a $300 million contract this summer the first ever right and and like that’s great for him he’s earned that without question but if he loses again in the playoffs and then takes that 300 million he’s going to get some

Flak for that he’s going to enjoy the money and he’s earned it but he’s GNA get some Flack for that all right now I want to talk about Nik yic for a second now this is about who can gain now yic has proven everything he has nothing

Left to prove he’s got his contract it’s fine but he’s on the verge of something really special here I think he’s going to win his third MVP okay I agree so do I he’s got a chance to go back to back and potentially win another Finals MVP

Now we’re talking about a list guys three MV MVPs two titles two finals MVPs he could do all of that by June I like where you going now we’re talking about the singleand club we’re talking about LeBron Jordan magic Kareem Bird that’s it now Bill Russell so he would make it

A double-and club yes he’s a sing now I will say this little asck Bill Russell they didn’t have the MV you know the finals MVP is named after him he would have been on that too right they didn’t have it back then so we’re talking about

The Uber Elite the elite of the elite jic could join that club now not at the end of his career he could join that club now and so what I say he’s got someone’s got the most to gain somebody emerging from this season legitimately being able to be called one of the

Greatest ever you don’t hear that every year it’s right there for yic if he can duplicate what he did last year so joic potentially has something cuz it is framed here as the players with the 20 players with the most to gain or the most to lose this season Nicola yic

Being one that stands to gain something where does Kevin Durant fall in all of this Brian this is an extremely Nuance conversation because you know how I feel perk I don’t feel Kevin Durant owes anybody anything I don’t I don’t anybody who tries to talk about that the he was

Riding in the back of the bus they don’t win the 2017 title without Kevin Durant I don’t care what anybody says no one’s going to talk me out of that 2018 after Kyrie ad maned a trade that’s a different story 2017 the Cavs were awesome they were probably better than

2016 Durant carried them to that title having said that since he’s left uh Golden State where he did have a superior team it has not gone well it did not go well in Brooklyn and it’s not been the greatest season thus far in Phoenix and if they

Have an early exit from the playoffs it is a little bit complicated to talk about what what happens here Durant making a run I can’t see them winning the title this year but if if if Durant were able to win another title it would be wonderful for him I don’t think he

Needs it I don’t think anybody should say anything about how he has to have it to improve anything but if he can get another one it would be very meaningful to him and you know how I know it’s meaningful to him perk he doesn’t ask for the trade to

Phoenix unless he knows how important that is oh he needs it he needs it he needs it look look you don’t leave Steph Curry and then go on the journey that you went on teaming up with Kyrie Irving and leaving the opportunity of actually winning probably two more finals MVPs

Along with two more championships look braw figured it out he had to leave Miami to actually get cert verified when he won his championship in Cleveland right think about this for a second about two months ago Kevin Durant was on his own podcast I believe it was with

His goty rich right and he said he should be mentioned in the goat conversation well in order to be mentioned in the goat conversation you actually have to do goat like things actually be a leader on a team to win a championship not going to a situation

That was already the foundation the the the uh dirt was already laid that foundation not really there anymore that he joined because by joining them Devon Booker was the only player that no no no no no no no I’m talking about I’m talking about when he joined Golden

State and go yeah yeah so so think about this Kobe Bryant right when did he ever when did he take that leap after Shaq left okay he won one with Paul CAU then won another one with Paul CAU and all of a sudden we like oh yeah coob in that

Goat conversation if KD wants to be in that conversation like he said he should then he got to go out there and have the business there’s a couple of more players that I I want to get your thoughts on on this list because it’s interesting to think about who has the

Most to gain as well from this this postseason who else were you looking hold on before you go I actually like I got I got to go look at this list Wendy is it’s sparking conversation it’s a good list that’s what we aim for here at ESPN absolutely someone else that has

Something to gain though Mr whorse well on a smaller scale than gigantic Legacy which we talking about here I want to pay attention to a guy like Evan Mobley Evan Mobley in Cleveland was a guy that when they traded for Donovan Mitchell they assume that they’d be giving him a

Max contract this summer he and Donovan would be their sort of side by-side Allstars he has had an injury plague season first with knee surgery then recently with an ankle injury and the Cavs have just not done the greatest with him on the court this year he’s still an excellent defensive player has

A chance to be on the all defensive team for second consecutive year but if he’s going to expect a Max contract offer in July he has got to have a better playoff showing that he did last year he was the first time in the playoffs last year the

Cavs were a higher seed that lost they’re gonna probably for sure but they’re going to probably be the higher seat again Evan Mobley needs to have a strong postseason for it to just make sure the Cavs have no doubts about giving him that Max contract let me ask

You this Wendy when you talk about Evan Moy do you believe that he could be a 20 and 10 guy in the league like he that’s what I know his expectations were were coming out of USC but do you believe Malika that he could be a 20 and 10 guy in this league

I think he’s got the talent to do almost anything I think he’s got the talent to be a Kevin Garnett type of player he ain’t there ciously but his development offensively has been a disappointment the fact that you had to think about that is a problem for me in today’s game

Because asking for Max cont no no but what I’m saying is this is not like in the old school in 2003 or 2005 where the gang was played boxes and elbows like if you got Got Talent you should be able to get 20 and 10 in your off night in in

Your sleep because that’s how easy it is to do what you got to do so when I look at Evan Moy it’s about finding his Niche I think he has to find his identity as a player like who he’s going to be is he going to be this great shot blocker is

He going to be a guy that could put the ball on the floor and dance with the rock a little bit like or is he going to be a guy like a Giannis that could punish and snatch the screws out the rim and dominating the paint I mean he’s s

Foot he runs the floor like a damn deer like he’s athletic as hell he has the potential to go out there and guard the perimeter and block shots to the level of Victor wi Beyond but we didn’t seen him do it and have flashes of it so you

Know he just got to find himself find out who he want to be as a person so since we’re in the Eastern Conference I want to end on one that I think Kendrick Perkins is going to enjoy here oh yeah bring it over let’s go to New York oh

And let’s go to Jaylen Brunson where does he fall here Brian so Jaylen Brunson is obviously massively overachieved what we thought he was going to be when he came into the league and even people who thought the100 million contract that he got from the Knicks was a the Mavericks thought that

Was a a push and they or a stretch and they had had him for four years right so now he comes in and he is clearly a leader but can he be the type of guy who can make a difference in a playoff series a lot of people believe that he

Is some people believe that he’s not I’m not sure that the Knicks are going to have their full team when they get there and and they’re still hunting for that Superstar to come with them but they made upgrades to their roster during this season they got anobi they went out

And got bogdanovich and got Alec Burks they are trying to to hold their assets for a big player but also make a run and that’s going to be on jaylen’s shoulders we’ve seen him do it in the pre in the the regular season look if anyone is questioning whether or not Jaylen

Bronson could average 35 Plus in the series they’re crazy and they haven’t been watching basketball because I believe that he can matter of fact I didn’t seen it enough and it may be it may be a appetizer right but you know calamary and you know what I’m saying

Lobster rolls sometimes they can fill you up before the entree too so I didn’t seen it lobster roll aren’t entree yeah they my ENT they they’re my appetite my appe my appetizer list is a lot different than others okay but what I’m saying is in in a sample size that we

Didn’t seen Jaylen Brun jayen brunston from extent in Dallas to now in New York even last post season right when the Miami Heat bounced them it wasn’t because of Jaylen Bronson like he was going toe-to-toe with Jimmy Butler it was because Julius Randall didn’t Elevate his game and uh RJ Barett didn’t

Elevate their game but jayen Bronson when it comes down to being a guy that I trust to put the ball in his hands be a closer being able to go toe to- Toe with a another Superstar especially a guy that is at his position or on the

Perimeter I have trust in that well and with Adrien wowski reporting that Robinson could be on his way back that is one step further to the Knicks getting whole and that is exactly where they need to be particularly in this final push for seating in the Eastern Conference hey Wendy great list great

List read the full list right now more on there on ESPN plus uh we’re going to go through the next 16 and part two of this that’ll be coming on NBA Today YouTube later for now we’re going to go grab some lobster roll appetizers you can catch us at 3:00 Eastern on ESPN

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Today on the NBA Today YouTube Exclusive, Kendrick Perkins and Brian Windhorst join me to discuss which NBA player has the most to gain during this postseason.