{"id":599,"date":"2026-05-27T19:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=599"},"modified":"2026-05-27T19:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:39:02","slug":"kendrick-perkins-in-wild-altercation-at-aau-game-probably-wont-be-the-last-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=599","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Perkins in wild altercation at AAU game: &#8216;Probably won&#8217;t be the last time&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins doesn\u2019t hold back on TV, but he needed someone to do so for him at a youth basketball tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=597\">Cringe-worthy details revealed in federal judge\u2019s courthouse romps with high-ranking cop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During one of his son\u2019s games over the weekend on the AAU basketball circuit in Norman, Okla., things got intense and chippy. Both teams, YPG Perkins and Swaveway Playaz, were fouling each other, witnesses told TMZ.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But one supposedly non-basketball foul sent the ex-NBA champ-turned-youth coach over the edge. He had to be held back while shouting at the opposing team\u2019s coaching staff<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Watch full video on TMZ<\/div>\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/share.tmz.com\/watch\/kendrick-perkins-altercation-at-aau-game-05-26-2026\/\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cDamn right, and it probably won\u2019t be the last time!\u201d Perkins responded to video of the incident on X. \u201cI\u2019m going to protect every single kid in my organization like they\u2019re my own.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It took three people to hold back the 6-foot-10 and 270-pound Perkins. Norman police were on site and helped calm down the situation, but found no reason to criminally charge anyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=595\">Hochul tries to dunk on Trump over Knicks fandom \u2014 but it totally backfires<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Perkins has gotten heated at an AAU game. In 2023, Perkins was ejected from a game after arguing with officials.<\/p>\n<p>According to Perkins, he just wanted an explanation for why one of his players was thrown out, but the official ignored him. That is when he got a bit more confrontational and received a double technical and an ejection.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 41-year-old Texan had a long NBA career, playing for the Celtics, Thunder, Cavaliers and Pelicans. His biggest role was with the Thunder as an important defensive piece next to Russel Westbrook and Kevin Durant. He played a total of 14 seasons before retiring after the 2018 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s since taken his act to the airwaves, chiming in on hot topics on ESPN\u2019s morning shows. On Wednesday morning\u2019s edition of SportsCenter, Perkins claimed that Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama \u201cgot punked\u2019 in game five of the Western Conference Finals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=593\">Trump threatens to \u2018blow up\u2019 Oman if it sides with Iran over Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kendrick Perkins had to be held back during a heated altercation at his son&#8217;s AAU game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kendrick Perkins in wild altercation at AAU game: &#039;Probably won&#039;t be the last time&#039; - 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