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After investigating last Wednesday’s incident between Thunder center Kendrick Perkins and Memphis forward Zach Randolph, the NBA on Monday fined Randolph $25,000 for “confronting” Perkins near the OKC locker room area at Chesapeake Energy Arena following their ejections with 2:05 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Grizzlies’ 107-97 victory.
Randolph told his side of the story in an interview on ESPN radio in Memphis on Tuesday. Here is a brief excerpt:
Q: What happened in the back that the NBA is fining you for, because nobody knows the story?
A: “I mean, it really wasn’t, I just, they said because I went through the double doors. I guess I went on their side. So I don’t know.”
Q: And then in the back, did you try to go in their locker room?
A: “Nah, I didn’t go in their locker room. It was some doors. I had went on their side. Their locker room was like right there to the left, but I had went through some doors in the hallway. And I went through the doors, but it was a lesson learned. It won’t happen again. I ain’t gonna lose no $25,000 again. I’m done with all that bluffing on the court, because them guys do a lot of bluffing. I’m from the bluff city. We don’t do no bluffing, man. (Laughs).”
The teams play each other three times this season. Their next meeting is Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in OKC in a TNT game. Their lone meeting in Memphis will be March 20 at 7 p.m.
Texas product Kevin Durant evidently escaped the wrath of teammates Tuesday morning because no one gave him grief about Division II Chaminade beating the Longhorns 86-73 at the Maui Invitational on Tuesday.
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