Perkins: KD Harden is too soft and too tolerant of Irving's stance

Kyrie Irving has so far been unable to play in the home game because of his refusal to be vaccinated, which has been the trigger for a series of struggles with the Nets. ESPN commentator Kendrick Perkins said on the show that he thought Kevin Durant and James Harden were too tolerant of their position on Irving's vaccination and the impact it would have on the team.

"Those guys in the Nets locker room, they're too weak," Perkins said, "up to KD and James [Harden], they're too soft because if they're really thinking about themselves, they should be saying, 'Hey, dude, listen, man, here's the thing.'" I don't want to hear KD say in an interview, 'Oh, Carey is an adult, we have to respect his choice.' Don't do that, 'challenge' him. ”