Kendrick Perkins

And I'm sitting up here saying, do we got secrets on your ass or something?

Put his ass on the bench.

Okay.

No.

No, but we're not expecting him to turn over the damn basketball at the rate that he's turning it over.

Look, he's not the first option on this team.

He's not the second option on this team.

And a lot of times, he might not even be the third option.

I understand that.

I'm not sitting up here saying that he should be a focal point or I expect him to go for those type of numbers.

What I'm telling you is, Pat, he's been more of a liability than he is a help.

And

At some point, Kenny Atkinson has to make that decision and say, I'm not saying bench him.

I'm saying, hey, man, he needs to be playing limited minutes off the bench as a role guy, as a bench player, not starters minutes.

And I'm going to say this, too.

I'd be damned if we're going to end this conversation and I'm going to let Evan Mobley off the hook.

I'd be damned.

Like, former defensive player of the year?

You finish the game with one rebound in a series that you know you got to come with a certain level of physicality?

Can't have it.