Perk RESPONDS to Ja Morant, The LaMelo Ball Problem & Wemby Already Top 3?

Road Trippin’ Show

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Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Road Trippin’, Kendrick Perkins addresses his viral Ja Morant controversy and makes his boldest prediction yet: Victor Wembanyama will be in the GOAT conversation with Michael Jordan and LeBron James. Things get heated when Richard Jefferson and Perk debate whether LaMelo Ball needs to escape Charlotte for a big market, plus Week 1 winners, Austin Reeves All-Star potential, and the search for the next great American NBA superstar. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FcONMZjlvq4 Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Perk CLEARS THE AIR on Ja Morant Beef 6:00 - "I Was the Mayor of Memphis" - Perk's on Influence 8:10 - Ja Morant Doesn't Want to Be Face of the League 10:50 - Who Will Be the Next NBA Face? 13:30 - Multiple Faces of the League Era 16:00 - Victor Wembanyama Wants ALL the Smoke 19:05 - Road Running Week 1: Giannis vs Wembanyama 23:20 - Wembanyama GOAT Conversation: "MJ, LeBron, Wemby" 30:00 - Where Does De'Aaron Fox Fit With Spurs? 33:55 - Austin Reeves Averaging 35: All-Star Bound? 36:00 - LaMelo Ball's Big Market Dilemma 39:00 - "He Needs to Win Basketball Games" 43:00 - LaMelo vs Tyrese Halliburton Debate 44:45 - Paolo Banchero Red Flag? Too Early? 48:35 - Hot Takes: Dylan Harper ROY & Evan Mobley MVP 51:00 - Exit Ramp: Wednesday Night Predictions 54:00 - Jalen Brown's Beijing Sheen Drama 56:55 - Atlanta Hawks Expectations & Outro Follow Road Trippin' on socials: Instagram - / roadtrippin TikTok - / roadtrippinpod X - https://x.com/roadtrippinpod Follow Richard - / richardajefferson Follow Perk - / kendrickperkins Follow Channing - / channingfrye Follow Allie - / al.clifton Produced by Rain Delay Media - https://www.raindelaymedia.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	To the trolls I dealt, oh, you didn't create job, you didn't do this, job was, I was like,
0:04.8	duh, no shit.
0:06.2	When did it become a problem to be the face of the league?
0:10.7	I believe that Lamello ball would never max out by being in Charlotte.
0:16.2	Oh, they love Lamello.
0:17.4	They love the six, seven shit.
0:19.5	Six seven.
0:21.1	OKC still have the deepest team in the league.
0:24.6	If he stays healthy, in the next 15, 20 years, the goat conversation is going to go like this.
0:32.1	M.J. Braun, Wendy. Windy.
0:51.1	Cheers, cheers, cheers,
0:53.6	welcome back to road tripping.
1:44.8	Got a touch. We're back following week one in the NBA. What an eventful week it has been. I'm Ali Clifton, Richard Jefferson. Look who decided to join us, Moe from NYC. Devin Harris is in the house. We love it here in the Roadtripon Studios. Kendrick Perkins tapping in from Houston, Texas. Yeah, we're going to smile? I'm correct. How are we feeling? Perk, do you wake up on the right side of the bed today? Spicy or we got some takes to get to from you throughout this show? I mean, I go to sleep on the wrong side of the bed every night, so I wake up with an attitude. Like, I wake up pissed off, You know what I'm saying? For no reason. I just wake up mad. Your poor wife. Yeah. Between that and the CPAT machine. You know what I'm saying? What you said? No, I didn't say nothing. I didn't say nothing. Good morning, Perth. What's up, big guy bar jizzle oh I can't call it I can't call that Arjizzle Deandra you're the best
1:49.8	yes yes shout out to I love Arjizzle Deandre all right guys we're gonna get right into it
1:54.8	we're uh oh we are getting right into it we're straight tripping this morning
1:59.4	we're skipping the detour we're skipping the road running our very own big person We are getting right into it. We're straight tripping this morning.
2:02.2	We're skipping the detour.
2:03.9	We're skipping the road running.
2:06.1	Our very own big perk is viral right now.
2:07.1	I don't know if you guys knew this.
2:10.3	He went out on the Out the Mud podcast.
2:11.7	It's something to say about John Morant.
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