Kendrick Perkins brings up 'skeletons' in ex-NBA coach George Karl's closet amid Twitter feud

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Kendrick Perkins is dealing with a controversy over his suggestion NBA MVP voters have a bias toward reigning MVP Nikola Jokić.

More recently, Perkins' comments have sparked a Twitter feud with former NBA coach George Karl. 

Perkins doubled down on his comments Tuesday by posting a tweet, saying, "A Speaker of TRUTH has no friends!!!"

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ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins reports on the 2022 NBA Draft Combine May 18, 2022, at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images)

The 2013 NBA Coach of the Year decided to respond to Perkins statement.

"Untrue @KendrickPerkins cause honest educated people respect Truth," Karl wrote. "Also don’t forget that Truth is about facts not casual opinions."

Perkins did not take kindly to Karl's comment and quickly questioned why Karl, "of all people," would dare respond to him. 

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Perkins, a former Boston Celtics center and 2008 NBA champion also hinted Karl had "skeletons" in his closet.

"@CoachKarl22 do you of all people want to go there today? Because I definitely have time homeboy. YOU most definitely have a few Skeletons in your damn closet," Perkins wrote.

Karl, who has made headlines making inflammatory comments about NBA players, responded with, "Go where @KendrickPerkins? I was talking truth when u were in diapers. Coach Dean Smith introduced me to it and I’ve lived it since."

Karl, who spent 27 seasons as a head coach in the NBA, added that he believed Jokić was named league MVP two consecutive times because of his level on play on the