First Take guest Kendrick Perkins says he’s ‘covered in ants’ as Chris Russo ‘makes his skin crawl’ during heated chat

CHRIS ‘Mad Dog’ Russo’s opinion on the Lakers and Lebron James stunned Kendrick Perkins on Monday’s First Take. 

The former NBA big man couldn’t believe what he heard when discussing the LA Lakers’ playoff position in a fiery exchange. 

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Christine Williamson was filling in for Molly Qerim on Monday and kicked off the segment by asking who has the most pressure on them LeBron James or Anthony Davis?

Russo,55, argued that the Lakers don’t have enough to win a championship.

“I don’t think the Lakers win an NBA championship. It’s too much to overcome. You can’t lose to the Chicago Bulls in a game you needed to have.” 

Russo continued his point, stating that James has the most pressure because he is the focal point.

“It’s never going to be a period in his career where the pressure isn’t on him. It’s always going to be on him. He’s Lebron James. “

Perkins, 38, was visibly frustrated with Russo’s take and began mocking Russo with a slapping gesture to get bugs off himself. 

“Oh, I thought something was crawling on me or something, some ants. But.” Perkins mockingly said. 

“It was just Russo’s take that made my damn skin crawl.”

Perkins felt its no way you could apply pressure to James because of his accomplishments over his 20-year career.

“It’s no pressure on LeBron James at all. Everything from here on out he accomplishes is icing on the cake.”

The former Celtics finished by stating it was Davis that has the pressure on him because he needed to earn the franchise’s trust.

Russo agreed with Perkings but felt they were arguing about two different things. 

Molly Qerim and Stephen A. Smith were both absent from ESPN studios on Monday.