Perkins was a solid "starter" five years ago, but he was always an offensive liability and an overrated defender.
The league is changing. Teams are figuring out the Thibs-style defense that we've been rolling with the last few years, and guys like Perk are being exposed by it.
Nope he wasn't an overrated defender for us, he was brilliant enough defensively next to kg to actually make him better as he has serge ibaka...Jeff green makes neither the offense or defends better.
Do you even watch the Thunder?!?
Perkins is TERRIBLE. He is the weak link in their starting unit. This is known league wide. He does not have the lateral foot speed to guard the best bigs in the NBA like he did in Boston.
He WAS a very good, servicable center who struck gold when he was paired up to the best defensive big man in the NBA in Keving Garnett 5 years ago. KG covered up his mistakes, much like he covers up Wilcox or Bass' mistakes.
He is a worthless BUM now. He can't jump. He can't shoot. He drops so many easy passes. He can't finish around the rim and gets blocked more than any other starting center in the NBA!
He has turned to garbage and the Thunder are paying him 9 million per year. We have Jeff Green, Melo and we would have had the rights to Krstic if he were playing in the NBA all because of not giving Perkins that horrid contract all those years ago. He would have walked to OKC because there was no way Danny was giving him that much money because he knew how overrated Perkins was due to Kevin Garnett's influence on the court and Rondo's easy passes every game. He's a starting center that averages 4 points and 6 rebounds on 9 million a year. LOL. Can you imagine if he were here, how much torture Danny Ainge would be going through?
I love Perk, he was great for us and was an amazing team mate and was the epitome of a Celtic. Unfortunately injuries and father time have caused him to decline at a stupendous rate and he's a 9 million dollar headache for the Thunder right now. In fact he's the reason they had to ditch Harden and gamble on the Rockets trade.
No one is saying that Perkins wasn't a beast for us, but he SUCKS now, and Danny, Doc and Co do not want him back unless it's for the veterans minimum because that's about what he's worth- and we got rid of him at just the right time.
You act like putting him in a green uniform will somehow fix his knees and get his foot speed back to what it was in 2008. He's cooked, he's done.
His time came and went and he's lucky he was a Celtic on that championship team with teammates that made him look so good because he could have been another Nazr Mohammed coming off the bench for any team. His lucky circumstances netted him a 35 million+ contract that he would never get if he wasn't playing for Boston under the bright lights.
Be realistic here lol. He's been on two NBA teams with at least 5 hall of famers in his starting line ups, gifting him the ball and covering his big ass on defense. Even now he plays with one of the best help defenders in the league in Ibaka and they're thinking of starting Collison.