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5 former OKC Thunder players we’d love to see in Big3 reality based tournament

By Tamberlyn Richardson

OKC Thunder former players for BIG3 tourny: co-founder Ice Cube announces the trophy presentation for the Triplets (Photo by Meg Oliphant/BIG3 via Getty Images)
OKC Thunder former players for BIG3 tourny: co-founder Ice Cube announces the trophy presentation for the Triplets (Photo by Meg Oliphant/BIG3 via Getty Images) /
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James Harden, Serge Ibaka, Kevin Durant, Kendrick Perkins and Russell Westbrook of the OKC Thunder vs Miami Heat G5 2012 NBA Finals. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

Kendrick Perkins:

Other previous OKC Thunder players considered included Shawn Livingston, Mitch McGary (would they allow marijuana in the house?), and Caron Butler but I settled on big man Kendrick Perkins.

The reason here is three-fold.

First: Kendrick Perkins stated he wants to drop weight after gaining 75 pounds since retiring.

Second: when the issue arose on NBA The Jump, Perkins wasn’t that keen to be a part of the action but perhaps if he realized the reach and platform he’d have to be the main host of the house that could persuade the big man to reconsider.

Third: most importantly and picking up on the above point is we all know Perk would be the instigator for conversations in the house. What better person to get the others into talking about their days in the association or topical issues at hand.

And, since Perk seems to love to talk about Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and his days with the OKC Thunder maybe we’d learn more about what really went down behind closed doors.

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