Description
Kendrick Perkins is the bold and educational voice we need today. Every single word he speaks will challenge, enlighten and encourage you to become a better version of yourself and see a better version of the world. Perkins' riveting stories about the NBA, his upbringing and social justice will make this book impossible to put down. -- Emmanuel Acho, New York Times bestselling author of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
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.
At age eighteen, Kendrick Perkins left his grandparents' run-down yellow house in Beaumont, Texas for the last time. Sure, he'd traveled the country for camps and tournaments. He'd banged and bruised with the biggest and most skilled players the amateur basketball world had to offer. But he'd always come back home. In this powerful and intimate memoir, readers follow Perkins on his journey from small-town Texas athlete to the NBA.
Details
Author: |
Kendrick Perkins |
With: |
Seth Rogoff |
ISBN 10: |
1250280346 |
Pages: |
304 |
Publisher: |
St. Martin's Press |
Publication Date: |
February 21, 2023 |
Binding: |
Hardcover |
Weight: |
1.00lbs |