Kendrick Perkins has offered up an amusing explanation as to how the Jimmy Butler trade went down for the Golden State Warriors. The NBA world was rocked by recent develops that sa

Perkins expressed his views on the trade using a musical analogy during a recent episode of NBA Today. He admitted that he expected the Warriors to obtain a superstar, but he was disappointed when he found out that it was merely Nicki Minaj.

Perk isn't a believer and candidly made his thoughts known on "NBA Today." "Listen, I was looking at the Warriors, thinking, 'They're gonna go out there and get a Beyoncé or a Taylor Swift,'" the outspoken big man said,

Kendrick Perkins, an NBA analyst, compared the Golden State Warriors' acquisition of Jimmy Butler to landing Nicki Minaj instead of Beyonce or Taylor Swift. This comment caused backlash. Perkins later apologized on social media.

After weeks of rumors about what they were going to do ahead of the NBA trade deadline, the Golden State Warriors made a splash by pairing five-time All-Star Jimmy Butler with All-NBA guard Steph Curry.

The search for a second star in Golden State has finally come to an end. For weeks, rumors about the Warriors’ plans to add another star alongside Stephen Curry and Draymond Green were making the rounds.

NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins commented on ESPN's NBA Today that the Golden State Warriors' trade for Jimmy Butler doesn’t elevate them to championship contenders. He compared this move to getting Nicki Minaj instead of Beyonce or Taylor Swift,

Not to be completely outdone by the blockbuster Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade, the Golden State Warriors made a big-time deal of their own before the NBA trade deadline, landing six-time All-Star Jimmy Butler.