Ex-NBA champion pulls brutal prank after kids rack up $16k Fortnite bill Wikimedia\/Epic GamesEx-NBA star Kendrick Perkins has shared the brutal prank he played on his kids, after they racked up a $16,000 bill buying skins on Epic Games\u2019 Fortnite. Kendrick Perkins spent 15 years in the NBA, representing multiple franchises during his time as a Center in the world\u2019s best basketball league. He is probably best known for his time on the Boston Celtics or the Oklahoma City Thunder, but won his only NBA title with the former back in 2008. During his time in the league Perkins gained something of a reputation as a prankster, a characteristic he exhibited once again in early-April, when he shared details of a brutal prank played on his children. During an appearance on the hugely popular sports podcast \u2018Pardon My Take\u2018, Perkins shared the hilarious details of a brutal prank he played on his kids after they racked up a $16,000 bill from buying skins. When asked by the show\u2019s hosts for details, Kendrick replied: \u201cThese kids are driving me crazy! They ran up my credit card bill so what I did now is I took my credit card number off their cell phones\u2026 They\u2019re only allowed to get on video games on the weekend, and the maximum amount they\u2019re allowed to spend is $10.\u201d Perkins explained that he actually got his money back, citing a rule that under-16s\u2019 purchases can be refunded if it becomes clear that there was no adult authorization. Topic starts at 41:30 & 51:30: The ex-NBA champion then went on to tell the hilarious story of how he originally discovered that his kids had hit $15,000 credit card limit. \u201cI\u2019m like how did I get $16,000?\u201d he said. \u201cSo, I go back and look at the credit card statement and it\u2019s just \u2026 Fortnite. It was video games: $269, $300 here, $300 there, I\u2019m like, what?!\u201d Despite being a free game, Fortnite players can spend money on skins and battle passes, and it seems Kendrick\u2019s children were buying skins for themselves and their friends. This led Kendrick and his wife to hatch a brilliant revenge plan. \u201cWhat we did was we went to the pawn shop and we went and bought a PlayStation, an old one, for like 30 bucks. So, we went and bought one that looked exactly like theirs, and we threw it in the pool,\u201d Perkins explained, sending the show\u2019s hosts into fits of laughter. \u201cWe hid the one that they had because they were punished. But when they got home from school, we made them go out there and look at it, and we left it in there for like a week,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd every time they would go, they would literally break down in tears. No exaggeration, I\u2019m taking bawling out in tears. And I was loving every second, though.\u201d The story reached a somewhat brutal conclusion, with Perkins laughing his way through the latter parts. It\u2019s fair to say the story was also relished by the show\u2019s hosts, who were laughing along as the NBA star recollected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ex-NBA champion pulls brutal prank after kids rack up $16k Fortnite bill Wikimedia\/Epic GamesEx-NBA star Kendrick Perkins has shared the brutal prank he played on his kids, after they racked up a $16,000 bill buying skins on Epic Games\u2019 Fortnite. Kendrick Perkins spent 15 years in the NBA, representing multiple franchises during his time as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}