NBA champ pushes back on LeBron James' comments on racist Celtics fans, agrees they could be 'disrespectful'

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Kendrick Perkins, who won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics, pushed back on LeBron James’ claim the team’s fans were "racist as f---."

The Los Angeles Lakers superstar made his remarks during an episode of HBO’s "The Shop." However, the statement did not exactly resonate with Perkins, who played for the Celtics from 2003 to 2011. Perkins explained Monday on ESPN’s "First Take" he has heard stories about Celtics fans from Marcus Smart, Bill Russell and others.

"But here’s what I want to say, there’s racism everywhere. And I would say this to a lot of people, I spent eight and a half years there and maybe because I was on the Celtics, I didn’t experience racism. And I think people who live in Boston and people who move to Boston … and you get a chance to get there, you would see there’s all different types of coaches and everything," said Perkins, who is now an NBA analyst for ESPN.

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Boston Celtics center Kendrick Perkins, #43, pushes towards the net against Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James, #23, as the Celtics practice before they play the Cavaliers in game 6 of the second round of the NBA finals at the Quicken Loans Arena May 16, 2008.  (Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)

"Now, I will say this. The fans in Boston do cross the line and hit below the belt when it comes down to being disrespectful, and I could say throwing stuff at players like LeBron talking about he had a beer thrown, we saw a water bottle get chucked at Kyrie Irving, we heard fans chant certain types of things when it came down to Kyrie Irving. Even when we was playing against the Cavaliers when LeBron James was