Kendrick Perkins closes Nikola Jokić championship window: ‘We were so ready to crown this man’
The Minnesota Timberwolves ended Nikola Jokić’s season, and Kendrick Perkins just ended his championship window. According to Perkins, the 31-year-old Denver Nuggets center is officially done winning championships after failing to get out of the first-round of the playoffs this season. Perkins laid into Jokić Friday morning on First Take, knocking the three-time MVP off…
Credit: ESPN The Minnesota Timberwolves ended Nikola Jokić’s season, and Kendrick Perkins just ended his championship window. According to Perkins , the 31-year-old Denver Nuggets center is officially done winning championships after failing to get out of the first-round of the playoffs this season. Perkins laid into Jokić Friday morning on First Take , knocking the three-time MVP off any pedestal other analysts may have attempted to put him on.
“We’re not in Serbia. We’re in America. And he got punked yesterday…When we get to talking about top-5 this and top-5 that of all-time.
We need to sit back and keep a cool booty. ” – Kendrick Perkins on Nikola Jokic pic. twitter.
com/i5tuBLC9C7 — Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 1, 2026 “We’re not in Serbia. We’re in America. And he got punked yesterday,” Perkins ranted.