A former NBA champion dismisses OKC as title favorites despite their win over the Celtics. See the key reason behind his take ...

Former NBA players-turned-analysts Charles Barkley and Kendrick Perkins are trading public insults at each other this week.

ESPN's Kendrick Perkins thinks they doing something incredibly important. "Right now, the Los Angeles Lakers are saving the ...

It's been talked about ad nauseam, albeit the point is overblown, that the NBA is losing momentum in the general cultural ...

Kendrick Perkins isn't convinced that the Oklahoma City Thunder would be able to handle the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals.

Kendrick Perkins, who earned an NBA title as a center for the Boston Celtics, is one such retired player. And on First Take ...

Inside the NBA veteran analyst Charles Barkley puts ESPN, and Kendrick Perkins on blast for extended coverage on the Lakers ...

Barkley begins his response by talking about an "idiot and a fool" at ESPN who thinks the Lakers saved the NBA. He asks Shaq what the analyst's name is, and after getting no response, Barkley answers ...

Shaquille O'Neal offered to arrange and promote a boxing event featuring his good friend Charles Barkley and Kendrick Perkins.

Charles Barkley once again took aim at Perk and ESPN for constantly talking about the Lakers, Warriors, and LeBron-Jordan.

The ex-Celtics big man is challenging the notion that ... say right now today that LeBron James is the best player in the NBA," Perkins declared. "LeBron James is getting it done at the age ...