What would the NBA be without some drama? Thunder big man Kendrick Perkins does not like Tyson Chandler, according to ESPN Dallas. Said Perkins of Chandler:
↵↵↵He don't like me, I don't like him and that's pretty much how it's been. Everybody always looks at me as kind of like a dirty player if you're on the opposite team, but he's just as dirty as anybody else.
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Chandler downplayed Perkins' comments, saying he's unaware of any bad blood between the two.
↵↵↵"I have nothing against him," Chandler said of Perkins. "He won a championship with the Boston Celtics, and that's where I'm trying to take my team. I mean, I've got respect for him, what he was able to accomplish. But all the chippy stuff, the after-the-ball stuff, that's all nonsense and I'm not going to get involved with it."
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So there you have it: Perkins doesn't like Chandler and says Chandler doesn't like him while Chandler says he basically has no opinion of Perkins - except for respecting him. Gotta love NBA gamesmanship.