Kendrick Perkins removes Kyrie Irving series 'disrespectful' series after Celtics | Bleacher's report

Kyrie Irving does not have a fan at Kendrick Perkins.

The former Celtics center blamed Irving for his attitude during Boston's defeat against Milwaukee Bucks in the second round, telling Fox Sports' Colin Cowherd that he "disrespected" the city.

Perkins said:

"In this series, I think that Kyrie, his way of proceeding was disrespectful to the city of Boston, was disrespectful to the organization, and he did not represent Celtic pride." spent my first eight years Half a year of my career in Boston, and these fans are amazing, the organization is amazing, the story of the franchise itself is amazing.

"AAnd the way Kyrie got it: OK, yes, I had a hard time. OK, next game. A bit like the attitude "I m". Basically, throughout the process, I thought he had understood it well, but he was only a bad leader and he did not represent Celtic pride. It has been proven, in my opinion, that he is not a Batman. He is an excellent player, Kyrie is an elite player, but this is not a Batman. It's a Batman when he's in the team with LeBron (James), but it's not a Batman. He can not wear his own team. "

Irving struggled to win most of the loss to Milwaukee in all five games, averaging 20.4 points, 6.4 assists and 4.4 rebounds for only 35.6% of shots. He only made seven of his 32 attempts out of the arc, but he was largely bristling with criticism of his performance.

Irving told reporters after losing 7 of 22 in a defeat of the fourth match:

"I am a basketball player.Prepare yourself as appropriate.As I said, it's a little different when your pace is challenged with every game dropped. the short, they do things to test you. "Expectations I will try to use their aggression against them while putting my teammates in excellent position while remaining aggressive." I try to do everything. "

Irving also asked reporters "no matter." about his shooting crisis. The All-Star has been at the origin of a large majority of critics during this disappointing season of the Celtics, mainly focused on his behavior. He criticized his younger teammates, declaring that he "owed no one" several months after announcing to the fans that he would sign in Boston and did nothing to quell the rumors that He plays with his close friend, Kevin Durant.

Irving said Chris Haynes from Yahoo Sports in March:

"The way I handled things, it was not perfect, I made a lot of mistakes for which I take all the responsibility.I'm sorry." I did not do it perfectly.I did not say the right thing all the time, I do not want to sit at a place like anybody on a pedestal, I am a normal human being who makes mistakes.for me, i think because of my determination to try to prove i've had very bad habits, like reading and reacting emotionally.This is not just What am I. "

Perkins played with the Celtics from 2003 to 2011, helping the franchise win the 2008 NBA Championship. He praised Boston for its tenacity as it developed in part under Kevin Garnett's wing.

Perkins and Kyrie were teammates with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2015.