January 31, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors
As long as he plays with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook will get criticized for scoring too much. But according to Kendrick Perkins, Derrick Rose is also a scoring PG but he doesn’t seem to receive the same heat. Gotta respect Perk for sticking up for this guy.
“He always gets this label of being selfish,” Perkins said. “He’s not that at all. The one thing about Russ is he’s a scoring point guard, and that’s what we need him to be. That’s why this team has been successful because he does what he does.
“The thing that bothers me … is Derrick Rose is not a true point guard, he is a scoring point guard, but nobody gets on Derrick Rose like they get on Russ.”
Source: Yahoo!
