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Morning sports update: Kendrick Perkins offered his take on LeBron James’s comments about Daryl Morey

"This is not on LeBron."

LeBron James during a preseason tour in China.

October 16, 2019

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The Washington Nationals advanced to the World Series with a 7-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. The 4-0 series sweep means D.C. fans will watch their Major League Baseball team play in the Fall Classic for the first time since 1933.

In the American League Championship Series, the Houston Astros beat the New York Yankees 4-1 on Tuesday afternoon to take a 2-1 lead in the series. Former Red Sox outfielder Josh Reddick was among those to homer for Houston.

And the Celtics won the team’s final preseason game over the Cleveland Cavaliers, 118-95. Rookie Carsen Edwards dazzled, nailing eight three-pointers in just the third quarter:

Carsen Edwards hit eight 3PTs in the 3Q alone 😳🔥 pic.twitter.com/WDjbdA5kQp

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 16, 2019

Kendrick Perkins shared his thoughts about LeBron James: Lakers superstar LeBron James attracted controversy for his comments about Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s tweet supporting Hong Kong protests for democracy.

Former Celtics center Kendrick Perkins, now an ESPN analyst, was on “The Jump” Tuesday.

“First of all, with LeBron’s interview, he didn’t agree or disagree with Daryl Morey’s tweet,” Perkins began. “People took it out of context and went at [James] for not speaking up when they do have to realize that [James] is the face of the NBA. He’s the face of Nike basketball. And whether or not, if he speaks up on that, either way, he’s going to get backlash. So, he’s pretty much just taking a backseat, and I think it’s more on the NBA to speak up. It’s more of Adam Silver’s job to control this situation. This is not on LeBron.”

Perkins pointed out that all players are now put through social media training when they enter the league, though executives are not.

“Maybe GMs should go to media training and stuff like that because Daryl Morey — outside of Magic Johnson — is one of the most active GMs that tweets all the time,” said Perkins. “And I follow Daryl Morey, but I never once seen him tweet about things that’s happening in his own country. So, why take a stance on when you all are over there in China, in a whole other country, and decide to send out a tweet like that was very selfish and you weren’t looking out for others.”

Perkins concluded by saying it was Morey — not James — who was being “selfish.”

Trivia: In 1996, Drew Bledsoe was third in the NFL in passing yards. Name the two quarterbacks who were ahead of him?

(Answer at the bottom).

Hint: One lost to Bledsoe in the playoffs, while the other threw touchdowns to 70 different NFL receivers during his career (a record only recently eclipsed by Tom Brady).

More from Boston.com:

Tom Brady commented on N’Keal Harry’s Instagram, “Let’s keep it going.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3p4pTyFT4r/

A Patriots throwback, plus Steven Tyler: And yes, that’s Jonathan Kraft.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3qJmoMFJG_/

The Nationals trolled Bryce Harper: After leaving the Nationals in free agency for the rival Phillies, Bryce Harper mistakenly said he wanted to “bring a title back to D.C.“

Naturally, the Nationals tweeted a reminder of the quote as the team advanced to the World Series.

https://twitter.com/Nationals/status/1184238449739665409

On this day: In 1909, Jack Johnson defeated Stanley Ketchel in what was a fascinating (and controversial) boxing mismatch.

https://youtu.be/KsMPFGdoQic

Daily highlight: Northeastern’s Jordan Harris scored against UMass on Tuesday night on a cleverly taken penalty shot. Northeastern won, 3-1.

. @jharris004 makes it a 2-0 @GoNUmhockey lead over @UMassHockey! Penalty shot goal. #Habs #Canadiens @CanadiensMTL pic.twitter.com/dwNkFdPhmV

— JGB (@SouthieBets) October 16, 2019