Perkins was raised by his grandparents from age five, when his mother was murdered. Perkins’ fearless commitment to seeing the world with his eyes wide open makes this a sports memoir that resonates well beyond the basketball court.įormer NBA center Perkins takes readers behind the scenes of pro hoops and shares his views on racism in this affecting memoir. Perkins also brings the same direct approach that’s fueled his postretirement television career to his own story, tying together his journey with the larger Black experience. During his pro career, he played with some of the greatest players of his generation, including LeBron James and Kevin Durant, and it’s their character as people that he wishes to explore.
Perkins’ memoir covers his on-court career-including winning a championship in Boston-but the book’s main focus is his staunch belief that athletes can impact social change.
Kendrick Perkins, the former pro basketball player turned TV analyst, is far more interested in discussing “we” than obsessing about “me.” Basketball provided Big Perk an escape from the crippling poverty of his grandparents’ East Texas home, but even a multimillion-dollar contract couldn’t shield him from systemic racism. 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. 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. In this powerful and intimate memoir, readers follow Perkins on his journey from small-town Texas athlete to the NBA.īoth on and off the court, Perk gained a reputation for his candor and conviction-his unabiding sense of right and wrong. 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.
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.Īt age eighteen, Kendrick Perkins left his grandparents' run-down yellow house in Beaumont, Texas for the last time.
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