For a country boy, Boston was a completely new world, and the NBA a league of legends: Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Kevin Garnett, James Harden, Shaquille O’Neal, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Kevin Durant, and more. He left their home at age eighteen, drafted out of high school by the legendary Celtics. Now, In The Education of Kendrick Perkins, he opens a different side of himself: a powerful and intimate memoir that goes beyond basketball to discuss the reality of being Black in America.Ībandoned by his father, then orphaned after the murder of his mother, Perk was raised by his grandparents in a small Texas town. As a fourteen year NBA player and starting center for the 2008 NBA champion Boston Celtics, Perk earned a reputation as an enforcer, a fierce defender, and a great teammate. Kendrick “Perk” Perkins is known for his blunt, opinionated, “carry the hell on” commentary on ESPN’s most popular shows.
Perkins' riveting stories about the NBA, his upbringing and social justice will make this book impossible to put down." - Emmanuel Acho, New York Times bestselling author of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man Every single word he speaks will challenge, enlighten and encourage you to become a better version of yourself and see a better version of the world. Years spent playing against and alongside giants like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James helped shape Perk's athleticism, but this is a story all his own, the story of an education"- Provided by publisher."Kendrick Perkins is the bold and educational voice we need today. Now he tells all, offering the sports insights for which he has become a stellar ESPN commentator, and for the first time ever, sharing frank opinions about racial justice, political consciousness, and fatherhood. Both on and off the court, Perk gained a reputation for his candor and conviction-his unabiding sense of right and wrong. In this powerful and intimate memoir, readers follow Perkins on his journey from small-town Texas athlete to the NBA. He'd banged and bruised with the biggest and most skilled players the amateur basketball world had to offer. Sure, he'd traveled the country for camps and tournaments. At age eighteen, Kendrick Perkins left his grandparents' run-down yellow house in Beaumont, Texas for the last time.
"The Education of Kendrick Perkins is an intimate memoir about race, fatherhood, and basketball, from former NBA player and outspoken cultural critic, Kendrick "Perk" Perkins.
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