When the Boston Celtics won the 2024 NBA championship, it was rumored that Kendrick Perkins was banned from attending the championship parade, which he refuted.
However, Boston Celtics governor and CEO Wyc Grousbeck recently confirmed that it is true since Perkins had ruffled some feathers within the organization, being part of the NBA media.
The former Boston Celtics center once called Joe Mazzulla a “bird brain” following a close loss against the Denver Nuggets during a January 2024 game, since Perkins wasn’t a fan of the team’s three-point-heavy offense.
“And I love Perk. To this day, he wasn’t invited to our parade last year, that is true. Because he’d been giving people a lot of s**t. You know, and so I had family members of players saying, if that guy’s in the parade, we’re not in the parade,” Grousbeck explained on the Club 520 podcast.
Boston Celtics News: Wyc Grousbeck makes honest Kendrick Perkins admission
In the same podcast episode, Boston Celtics governor and CEO Wyc Grousbeck admitted he regretted the Kendrick Perkins trade in 2011. Perkins, who was an integral cog of their 2008 championship team, joined Nate Robinson to go to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Jeff Green and Nenad Krstic.
“Well, I do regret trading Perk, to be honest. That was one we all thought about, and there were discussions around the table. And I’ve got to sign off on the trades as the governor, lead owner. And I feel like I got kind of talked into it—but I did sign off. It’s not… you know, we’re all in it,” Grousbeck said.
“And Jeff Green came back, and then he had a health problem. And—nothing against Jeff Green—he just won a championship, you know. But anyway, our team didn’t feel the same after Perk was gone. So, not everything goes perfect,” he added.
