“Then, we come back to this point of, ‘Oh, yeah,'” Perkins said. “‘If there’s an expansion, then the Pelicans might move to Vegas.’ Listen, let me say this, I’ve barked up that tree before and it was a mistake on my part.”<\/p>\n
The retired center then leaned closer to his camera.<\/p>\n
“I’ve said the Pelicans just need to sell the franchise and re-locate and do all of this,” Perkins said. “And d— it, the fan base got on my heels like a pair of church socks. I thought about it, and I was wrong. The fan base down there is actually pretty d— good. They’re just waiting on the Pelicans to do something.”<\/p>\n
The Pelicans ranked 24th in the league last season with an average attendance of 17,301. The Smoothie King Center has a capacity 17,791. The New Orleans Saints ranked 13th in the NFL last season with an average attendance of 70,012 despite having a 5-12 record.<\/p>\n
“I get it,” he said. “You have the Saints, everybody looks forward to football, and football is king, but d— it, you can make your way.<\/p>\n
“Zion [Williamson], [if] you look in shape, come into this season healthy, win this fan base over, pour into this organization, you’ve got a nice young coach in Willie Green, I believe that they’re going to be just fine. They finally have a truthful leader, or leaders I should say, and as far as the Pelicans being a young squad and making noise? I’m all in on that. I’m all in on the Pelicans.”<\/p>\n
“I barked up that tree before and it was a mistake on my part… The fan base got on my heels like a pair of church socks… I was wrong, the fan base is pretty damn good. They’re just waiting for the Pelicans to do something”<\/p>\n
— @KendrickPerkins<\/a> on the Pelicans relocating pic.twitter.com\/K6M6Cl0Xhq<\/a><\/p>\n