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Kendrick Perkins Says He'd Be a 'Big, Grumpy Policeman' If He Weren't in the NBA

If Kendrick Perkins weren't blocking shots and grabbing boards, he'd be issuing traffic tickets.

The New Orleans Pelicans big man told Pelicans.com beat writer Jim Eichenhofer that if he weren't in the NBA, he could see himself in law enforcement.

#Pelicans C Kendrick Perkins on what he'd be doing if he weren't an NBA player: "I could see myself being a big, grumpy policeman."

— Jim Eichenhofer (@Jim_Eichenhofer) September 29, 2015

Perkins might have championed the meanest of scowls, but we're not actually buying the "grumpy" part.