If I was Kendrick Perkins and Richard Jefferson I would have called in sick.
You are in a no-win situation here.
They predictably tried to play both sides as I am sure they were instructed to by ESPN, but now they are getting cooked.
If they would have said what they were really thinking no matter what way that is, it would have just went just as bad.
With the NBA Finals about 24 hours away they had no choice to put Rachel Nichols on air because no matter what she said, she was illegally recorded and if they try to discipline her for that she would likely sue them and it could get real messy after that.
If I was them, I wouldn’t have said anything on The Jump.
Just covered the game because now the story is about Rachel, Perk, and Jefferson, not the NBA Finals.
Flip the page for Perk and Jefferson speak on the issue as well as Nichols’ apology.