With the New York Knicks winning the NBA championship, there is no denying that the fanbase is celebrating the franchise’s first title in 53 years. After the Knicks hoisted up the trophy to crown themselves champions, ESPN analyst Vincent Goodwill would have a take that sent shockwaves through the basketball world, garnering a response from colleague Kendrick Perkins.
The news stems from Goodwill diminishing the NBA title as a “participating trophy,” since New York winning in 2026 is the eighth straight season with a different winner. Perkins was on the show “Road Trippin” and got real on how “bulls***” the take was.
“Here’s the s*** that pisses me off,” Perkins said. “Is when sometimes you’re on television, and you get in the moment and feeling the table, you going to say some bulls*** out your mouth. That was a bunch of bullsh*** it was all the way disrespectful, and when I heard him say it, the first thing that came to mind is that your a** never was an athlete. That you couldn’t have never participated or been a basketball player or played on any team, talking that type of nonsense. That was the most asinine thing that I’ve ever heard, and you’re a person that hooped at any level and won at an elite level, I mean won at elite level at any level, then you know that s*** is hard as hell.”
Kendrick Perkins GOES OFF on Vincent Goodwill for calling the NBA championship a participation trophy
“Here’s the sh*t that pisses me off. Is when sometimes you’re on television and you get in the moment and feeling the table you going to say some bullsh*t out your mouth.… pic.twitter.com/YCp2CqSZUF
— NBA Courtside (@NBA__Courtside) June 17, 2026
“You mean participation trophy?” – Vincent Goodwill
“I’m sorry, Larry O’Brien is a participation trophy?” – Alan Hahn
“If everybody gets one” – Vincent Goodwill pic.twitter.com/FgqACveIui
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) June 16, 2026
Goodwill’s original point was saying that dynasties are better for basketball when seeing the same team win multiple titles in a certain era, questioning the validity of one-time champions.
There’s no denying that Knicks fans are irate at Goodwill’s take, especially after winning the team’s first championship since 1973.
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