Kendrick Perkins fires back at Brian Scalabrine in Celtics feud: ‘The same motherf—ker’

The 2007-08 Celtics conscionable can’t get along.

Kendrick Perkins eviscerated his championship-winning teammate and instrumentality favourite Brian Scalabrine connected Tuesday.

Perkins, who was noticeably absent from nan Celtics’ 2023-24 title ringing nighttime to commencement nan season, said, “I don’t springiness a f–k” erstwhile asked connected nan “All The Smoke” podcast whether it was existent that nan squad banned him from nan event.

Perkins added that what really upset him was erstwhile Scalabrine, nan team’s NBC Boston TV expert said, “It’s not really an open-arms point pinch Kendrick Perkins.”

Those comments from Scalabrine were successful consequence to existent Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla establishing an open-door policy for each erstwhile Celtics players to travel to spot believe anytime.

Perkins, nan starting halfway for nan 07-08 Celtics that defeated nan Kobe Bryant-led Lakers successful nan NBA Finals, was seemingly furious pinch Scalabrine.

Warning: Adult Language

“Scal, who nan f–k are you,” Perkins said connected “All Smoke.” “You’s nan aforesaid motherf—ker that erstwhile we won a championship, was successful thoroughfare clothes, hurry up and went changed into your jersey truthful erstwhile we started taking pictures, you could cognize that you was a portion of nan team.

“And I really for illustration Scal, but I thought location should person been a telephone conversation, right?”

Scalabrine averaged conscionable 1.8 points per crippled successful 48 games played during nan 2007-08 play and did not look successful nan playoffs.

Meanwhile, Perkins started each 78 games he played that year, and while he was fazed retired during parts of nan playoffs, he still averaged 25.2 minutes per playoff crippled pinch 6.6 points and 6.1 rebounds.

The ex-Celtic added that Mazzulla had contacted Perkins astir attending squad events.

“Start of this season, I really get an email from Joe Mazzulla saying, ‘Whenever you’re free if you’re successful Boston aliases we play nan Rockets, I wanna spell to meal and break bread.'”

Perkins added that he intends to return Mazzulla up connected nan offer.

Boston’s 2008 NBA Finals squad had antecedently been embroiled successful contention erstwhile Ray Allen unceremoniously departed for nan rival Heat led by LeBron James successful 2010.

Allen yet reunited pinch teammates Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett successful 2022 erstwhile nan second sewage his jersey retired.

The Celtics look connected nan brink of starting different all-time awesome tally for nan storied franchise aft they won nan NBA Finals past twelvemonth and person begun this play 7-1.