Kendrick Perkins compares his 2012 Thunder team to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and this year's squad after reaching the NBA Finals.

Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins boldly claims the 2025 Oklahoma City Thunder surpass the 2012 Durant-led squad as the franchise's best. He emphasiz

Phoenix Suns' Kevin Durant mocked Kendrick Perkins' new take on their run to the 2012 NBA Finals while members of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Thunder are three wins away reaching the Finals. In the podcast clip, former Thunder forward Kevin Durant responds to Perkins speaking on the franchise's last trip to the Finals while saying his name in third person. Perkins reflected on their run to the NBA Finals, per the Road Trippin podcast.

The Oklahoma City Thunder reached the 2012 NBA Finals with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden leading the way, which has spurred some hypothetical conversations about a matchup between that team and the current iteration of the franchise that is seven wins away from a championship.

Kevin Durant fires back at Kendrick Perkins with a sharp four-word jab over who deserves credit for the Thunder's 2012 NBA Finals run.

Kevin Durant and Kendrick Perkins may have been teammates on the Oklahoma City Thunder team that made it to the NBA Finals in 2012. But they are not best friends. The pair were at odds once again this week thanks to Perkins trying to defend his play in those playoffs after criticism from another NBA Read

Kendrick Perkins took an apparent shot at his former teammate Kevin Durant during an appearance on ESPN this week.

It is true that the OKC Thunder never made the NBA Finals until Kendrick Perkins got there. But nor did they get there without Lazar Hayward.

There was a time when Kendrick Perkins was known for what he did on the court, rather than his outlandish takes on TV we see today. Those days are long gone, but they did exist. In fact, not only