"That is why we kept Perkins, for teams like Memphis"

[Leasy]

Dude been terrible and hyped up cause he played for Boston.

 

[MikelArteta]

perkins is still living off that if i wasnt injured the celts would have beat the lakers

dude is ass

him and chandler are 1a and 1b in terms of overrated big men, give any big nikkas their minutes and you get teh same results

 

[Jack Martinez]

Thunder outsmarted themselves wit these moves in tha last few years.

Why invest in all these bigs, when tha NBA is clearly a guard driven league.

 

[holidayinn21]

Perkins used to be a decent center. He cant do anything anymore.

he looked decent playing next to KG.

he was always a bum.

 

[Kang Deezy]

he's gonna get amnestied a season too late


Big Perk coming back to Boston for peanuts

Oh lord... If they think they can get Perkins back the rebuild will get pushed back

Again

 

[Danie84]

Perkins getting out-perk'd by ZBO and them

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Been saying dude is the most overhyped 6 pt/ 6 reb per Game muthafukka in the history of the sport. Can't remember if it was Simmons or Bob Ryan who was pissed when he was traded and swore up and down this would set the Celtics back 2-3 yrs

 

[yamomzb]

And he can't even stay in front of Gasol How do you justify keeping this bum when he averages only 4 and 6? Those are Chris Dudley numbers

at least Dudley played in the era of dominant big men,he would probably be a 12/10 player now

Dudley>perk

 

[Trojan 24]

The funniest part about Perk is when he lost some weight, to get quicker. Instead he didn't quicker or more nimble, and now he can't even bang around in the low post on D.

 

[havoc]

There was this almost Tebowish type lauding Perkins used to get about him being a winner that used to just have me

The Celtics' fans were furious at Danny Ainge for trading Perkins, and they were heart-broken Just like Tebow, a lot of these untalented players get overhyped just because they have a brief moment of success.

 

[NSSVO]

Only if Kobe didn't injure that nikka

 

[Bilz]

he looked decent playing next to KG.

he was always a bum.

KG definitely helped but if its all about his presence, Perkins should have been exposed badly when KG missed all of those games. Perkins has always set good screens, he's immovable underneath, and he's been able to accomplish the bare minimum stuff on the offensive side of the ball like catching the ball and putting it in or making a basic extra pass. He became overrated with the Celtics' success which is nothing new for players that have been on championship teams but the fukkups the guy makes now are just He drops uncontested rebound attempts with regularity and I don't see how that would be any different if KG was mean mugging 5 feet away.

 

[Houston911]

perkins has BEEN a bum

if he wasnt allowed to set 40 illegal screens a game even scott brooks dumb ass wouldnt be able to play him

kendrick perkins is the number 1 reason why okc will never beat miami

 

[PTBG]

Following the Thunder's second-round loss to the Grizzlies, one player under the microscope is Kendrick Perkins, whose postseason stat sheet featured as many turnovers (24) as points (24) and nearly as many fouls (39) as rebounds (41). With two years and about $18.63MM left on his contract, Perkins would appear to be a prime amnesty candidate, but GM Sam Presti doesn't seem to be seriously weighing that option.

"We just haven't considered using the provision," Presti said, according to Darnell Mayberry of the Oklahoman (Twitter link). "We think Perk has a lot of value to our team."

Besides Perkins, the Thunder still have three more amnesty-eligible players on the roster. Kevin Durant, of course, won't be amnestied, and Nick Collison and Thabo Sefolosha appear unlikely candidates as well, considering they're both on inexpensive deals and continue to contribute positive minutes.

That leaves Perkins as the most logical candidate, though Oklahoma City could always let its amnesty provision go unused. If Perkins were to be amnestied, the Thunder would need to find another frontcourt player in addition to paying Perkins. Clearing the big man's $8.98MM cap hit also wouldn't create much, if any, cap space to sign a replacement, since the team already projects to be well over the cap next season.

We'll see what happens when this year's amnesty week begins on July 10th, but for now it looks like Perkins will stay put. Assuming he remains in Oklahoma City for all of next season, he'd be amnesty-eligible one more time in July 2014.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]