Photo: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Kendrick Perkins built a career on toughness, and I always valued that. Coming straight out of a Texas high school into the NBA, the towering 208-centimeter center became the enforcer on the 2008 Boston Celtics championship team alongside Garnett and Pierce. He wasn't there to score; he set screens, protected the rim and brought an edge teams need in the playoffs. What I find interesting is his second act as an ESPN analyst, where that same blunt intensity makes him compelling on television. Bouncing from Boston to Oklahoma City to Cleveland to New Orleans, he stayed a winning-culture piece. Few role players reinvent themselves on camera that well.
Overview
Kendrick Le'Dale Perkins (born November 10, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player who serves as sports analyst for ESPN. He entered the NBA directly out of high school and played for the Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers and New Orleans Pelicans, winning the NBA Championship in 2008 with the Celtics.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kendrick Perkins
- Name (Japanese)
- ケンドリック・パーキンス
- Reading
- けんどりっく・ぱーきんす
- Born
- November 10, 1984 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rat
- Origin
- Nederland, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 208 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Clifton J. Ozen High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.