Kendrick Perkins made a comment that suggested Nikola Jokic was last years NBA MVP because more of the judges were white. It turned out that Kendrick Perkins was totally wrong and the panel was way more diverse than he suggested. Outkick reported on it, saying the following:
ESPN issued an apology for Kendrick Perkins, one of its more dull-witted employees, falsely claiming that 80 percent of NBA MVP voters are white.
Studio host Molly Qerim addressed Perkins’ comments on Wednesday:
“I want to correct something here from yesterday’s show,” Qerim started off. “When Kendrick Perkins said 80 percent of NBA voters for the MVP award are white, the NBA publicly announces the voters each year, and after review, it is clear the panel is much more diverse than what was portrayed by Kendrick Perkins and we wanted to make sure we corrected that today.”
