Kendrick Perkins Reveals That LeBron James Tried To Team Up With Carmelo Anthony In The Past And The Cavs Said Nope

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The NBA world was given a gift from the comedy gods after news broke that the Los Angeles Lakers signed the ghost of Jared Dudley to a one-year, $2.6 million deal.

Dudley averaged a whopping 4.9 points and 2.6 rebounds on 42.3 percent shooting for the Brooklyn Nets a season ago.

Carmelo Anthony, a 10-time All Star and former NBA scoring champion, took a giant L in this signing as he still remains a free agent and no team seemingly wants to touch him with a 10-foot pole in fear over its locker room instantly exploding.

Royce White, who was the 16th pick in the 2012 Draft and kinda sorta played in the NBA before mental health issues derailed his career, went viral following his disparaging comments about LeBron’s role (or lack thereof) in Melo’s blackball.

“LeBron is walking around like he’s the face & voice of the players. How is he letting his banana boat brother hang out there in the wings & they go sign Jared Dudley? If anybody thinks Dudley can hold Carmelo’s jockstrap, I’ll slap them.”

After Patrick Beverley agreed with Royce, tweeting “He said nothing wrong,” LeBron’s former teammate Kendrick Perkins spoke his truth on the matter.

After saying LeBron shouldn’t be responsible for getting grown man jobs in the NBA, Perk revealed to some random Twitter dude that not all LeBron’s wishes come true.

Royce White caught wind of Perkins’ criticism of his take and stuck to his guns.

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I’m team Perk here. Carmelo being a higher profile player than Dudley doesn’t mean he deserves a spot on a roster. You wouldn’t cast Leonardo DiCaprio to fill an extra role. You give that shit to Frankie Muniz and let the lead actors do what they do. Carmelo will never concede to being a Frankie Muniz and that’s the nuance Royce White and all these other talking heads are ignoring.

 

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