Kendrick Perkins

OTA LEADERSHIP INDEX

Kendrick Perkins

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All The Smoke

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ARCHETYPE

The Operator

Execution, delivery and performance, gets the hard thing done.

Kendrick Perkins reads as The Operator because his standing is earned in hours, not headlines. Five-thirty flights, sixteen-hour Wednesdays, red-eye Fridays, all animated by Stephen A. Smith's lesson about making bosses money before taking any yourself.

IN THEIR WORDS, WHY OPERATOR

I still got goals that I want to achieve in this space. I'm learning a lot about the business, learning to trust no one in this space when it comes down to this workplace. I treated it as so and it's nothing personal because I'm gonna show up and continue to work on my craft.

ON HIS ESPN GRIND

I wake up every morning and I try to figure out ways to get my bosses paid, and then I try to find a way to get some of it. He works his ass off around the clock.

DESCRIBING STEPHEN A. SMITH'S PHILOSOPHY THAT RESONATED

I will apologize for the comment. It was a lot of humor in that. But I'm gonna own up to and apologize. I think I'm still like in Boston, but I'm not just riding it.

ON MAZZULLA CRITICISM FALLOUT

ALL THE SMOKE

All The Smoke: “Kendrick Perkins Claps Back at Critics & Breaks Down Early NBA Season Storylines | Full Episode | ALL THE SMOKE”

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