JJ Redick slams Kendrick Perkins' suggestion NBA MVP voting is racially biased, criticizes ESPN show's format

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J.J. Redick, a former NBA sharpshooter and legendary college basketball player for Duke, eviscerated NBA champion Kendrick Perkins for his take on MVP voting.

Redick appeared on ESPN’s "First Take" on Tuesday and strongly pushed back on Perkins’ opinion that there’s racial bias in the voting. Perkins made the claim last week when discussing Nikola Jokic’s candidacy as the Denver Nuggets superstar continues to make a case for his third straight MVP award.

The former NBA veteran took apart Perkins’ take in a fiery moment.

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Nikola Jokic of the Nuggets reacts during the Toronto Raptors game at Ball Arena on March 6, 2023, in Denver, Colorado. (Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)

"Stephen A. (Smith), I mean no offense to you. And I mean no offense to ‘First Take’ because I think this show is extremely valuable," he prefaced. "It is an honor to be on this desk every day. It really is. But what we just witnessed is the problem with this show. Where we create narratives that do not exist in reality. The implication that you are implying – that the White voters that vote on NBA (awards) are racist, that they favor White people. You just said that.

"That’s exactly what you implied Kendrick Perkins," Redick said as his former NBA colleague shook his head.

"I did not!" Perkins said and added, "I stated the facts!"

Perkins said he appreciated Redick for bringing up the conversation because it was something that needed to be had. Perkins claimed that his take was how "a lot of former African American players have been feeling for decades."

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