Authorities have charged Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kendrick Perkins with misdemeanor disorderly conduct and public intoxication after an altercation early Saturday morning in South Texas.  Read more after the jump.
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A statement from police in Beaumont, Texas, said officers saw a large crowd outside The Ticket night club just after 2 a.m., and received complaints of fights and pepper spray inside.
An officer saw about 50 people inside around Perkins, who police said was attempting to fight the club’s manager. The statement said the crowd pushed Perkins out the back door of the club, where he continued to yell obscenities and start other fights.
-AP
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NBA star  Kendrick Perkins in town helping host a basketball camp for children was arrested early Saturday morning.
Beaumont’s Kendrick Perkins was arrested on misdemeanor charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct by Beaumont police officers.
Details of the arrest have not been released, but Perkins has since bonded out of the Jefferson County Jail after paying the $150 bond on each charge, according to an employee at the jail.
Perkins, who plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder, was in town to play in a celebrity exhibition game Friday along with Stephen Jackson, a Port Arthur native who plays for the Milwaukee Bucks.
The game, which was set to be at  Ozen High School, was canceled because Perkins, Jackson, Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder), James Harden (Oklahoma City Thunder) and Eric Maynor (Oklahoma City Thunder) did not show up to play.
A spokesperson said Friday Perkins was dehydrated and under doctor’s orders to stay at home; representatives did not specify why Durant, Harden and Maynor were not in attendance.
