Kendrick Perkins Makes Ridiculous Comments On Luka Doncic's 2025/26 Season

Ever since he arrived in the NBA, Luka Doncic has established himself as a generational scorer, and across nine seasons, he has been among the best players in the entire NBA. Unfortunately, he's yet to chase down his first MVP award, and in 2025/26, it appears as though he'll be beaten out once again by either of his top Western Conference rivals in Nikola Jokic or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

For the most part though, the belief around the NBA is that he will be first-team All-NBA at the end of the 2025/26 NBA campaign on the back of averaging 33 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists per game. However, Kendrick Perkins has now come out and made one of the most ridiculous statements an NBA analyst has put on television, stating that he doesn't deserve to be first-team All-NBA.

While putting SGA, Jokic and Victor Wembanyama over him makes sense, Doncic's numbers are far superior to Cade Cunningham and Jaylen Brown, and while one or the other deserves to be there, Doncic should be considered a lock for first-team. Not only is he averaging a ridiculous 33 points (first in the league), 8 rebounds (22nd in the league and first by a guard) and 8.5 assists (third in the league), but the Lakers are a three-seed in the West, and he's a massive part of that.

Ultimately, Perkins has had some takes in recent years, but this is up there with the worst of them, because like it or not, Doncic has been one of the five best players in the NBA this season.