Kendrick Perkins, an NBA analyst, compared the Golden State Warriors' acquisition of Jimmy Butler to landing Nicki Minaj instead of Beyonce or Taylor Swift. This comment caused backlash. Perkins later apologized on social media.

The Golden State Warriors acquired six-time NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler just before the NBA trade deadline, but not everyone is high on the deal, including ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins.

Kendrick Perkins has offered up an amusing explanation as to how the Jimmy Butler trade went down for the Golden State Warriors. The NBA world was rocked by recent develops that sa

Perk isn't a believer and candidly made his thoughts known on "NBA Today." "Listen, I was looking at the Warriors, thinking, 'They're gonna go out there and get a Beyoncé or a Taylor Swift,'" the outspoken big man said,

Perkins expressed his views on the trade using a musical analogy during a recent episode of NBA Today. He admitted that he expected the Warriors to obtain a superstar, but he was disappointed when he found out that it was merely Nicki Minaj.