Agree with Shaqattack's and Pearljammer's. Can't recall a team, across sports, that won a 'chip without guys that picked up all the intangibles and an enforcer or two.
To think Perk was not a loss to our team is to completely disregard the reason we won championships, and lost that game 7. I've seen it mentioned KG made Perk look better - ask yourself, honestly... has KG not gotten soft, physically? He spends 2/3 of the game 20 feet from the basket and his bark is 3x worse than his bite at this point in his career. I love the man, and mentally/emotionally, he's tough... the reason we got to ECF last year. But Perk made KG look a hell of a lot better on defense. He had a lane stuffer and an absolute animal behind him at all times...that luxury allowed him to roam free and play help defense all game.
Ainge solidified his badge of a clown with that move. Aside from some differences of opinion - which make for good dialogue and fun avenues for discussion such as celticsblog - the 99% population sample I've had contact with hated that move. That many fans can't all be wrong.
To lend further credence to the claim... this is as tough as Green will get. I've no doubt he sits down to pee. I do too, but there is no hope on my shoulders to beat the Heat this year!