Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

[wwharton]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

I heard a few days ago that he would be out the next few weeks with that knee injury.

I think the day after the trade it was reported he would be out at least 2-3 weeks.

Ok, thanks... I must've just missed that. Seemed really strange that no one was talking about him not playing (especially in today's media world) but that makes more sense now.

[23]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/s...r_espn_6181370

Quote:OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma City Thunder guard Nate Robinson will miss four to six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.

Robinson first experienced discomfort in the knee after practice on Monday, Thunder general manager Sam Presti said Friday.

The Thunder's medical team and Robinson decided surgery was the best option "to resolve the issue with certainty," Presti said. The team said the surgery was successful.

Oklahoma City acquired the 5-foot-9 Robinson on Feb. 24 in a trade with the Boston Celtics. Robinson made his debut for the Thunder on Wednesday, scoring six points in eight minutes.

[BATMON]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

Dude can't defend at all. The Celtics are scoring at a terrific rate this season. They don't need another offensive player. The Celtics missed Perkins' inside presence in the Finals last year. They'll miss him this year too.

Krystic is playing well.

[cubsball899]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

So I'm bored, and wanted to put some stats out there to look at while we're constantly reminded of how great of a post defender Perkins is. First I started with the NBA Finals. I won't list Bynum's numbers since he was hurt and played limited minutes, but we also remember the talk of how Gasol should be MVP instead of Kobe so surely the best one on one post defender would've held him down... right? Here are Gasol's points/rebounds each game:

Game 1- 23/14
Game 2- 25/8
Game 3- 13/10
Game 4- 21/6
Game 5- 12/12
Game 6- 17/13
Game 7- 19/18

Perkins was hurt I believe in game 6 and sat out game 7... numbers seem pretty consistent across all games.

I also decided to go back to the infamous series against the Magic... here I'm going to start with Perkins rebounds/minutes played/fouls in each game:

Game 1- 2/26/5
Game 2- 5/15/6
Game 3- 6/23/5
Game 4- 4/27/3
Game 5- 4/16/3
Game 6- 7/33/3

This tells me that a)Perkins wasn't exactly a rebounding force, b)only played enough in one game (game 6) to be given anywhere close to the amount of credit he's getting for guarding Howard, and c)at least in the first 3 games, either tried to put Howard on the line or couldn't stop him from getting there. Now here are Dwight's stats (pts/rbds, ftm/fta):

Game 1- 13/12, 7/12
Game 2- 30/8, 12/17
Game 3- 7/7, 1/4
Game 4- 32/16, 6/14
Game 5- 21/10, 7/12
Game 6- 28/12, 6/12

I don't remember what happened in Game 3 but that seems clearly the exception on this list (and Perkins only played 23 mins in that game). It doesn't appear Howard had any trouble scoring points, getting rebounds or getting to the foul line.

Basically, the Celtics defensive strategy worked... and Perkins played his role in that. But he did not shut down Dwight Howard... if we go by stats I couldn't even say he slowed him down. He just did his job, and that job included only playing about 23 minutes a game.

this is an amazing post. after the trade everyone in the media was making it seem like he was a superstar

[IlliniM1ke]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

Trade is working out pretty well so far, Krstic has played solidly and Green has shown some pretty good flashes.

The biggest thing is that Shaq appears to really be working out hard while healing up and getting ready for the playoff run, he's supposably lost 20 lbs but he looks like he may have lost even more than that:

Picture from teams media day before seasons start:



Picture from yesterday:



If Shaq is back in great shape maybe he has one more good playoff run left in him, and if he's in shape losing Perkins won't hurt near as bad (still a defensive dropoff but huge offensive upgrade in Shaq/Krstic).

[NINJAK2]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

LOL..That last photo looks like Shaq's head was photoshopped in..If he's in shape like that watch out..

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

LOL..That last photo looks like Shaq's head was photoshopped in..If he's in shape like that watch out..

There's a video of it...

It was his 39th birthday party celebration. That white and green thing is an enormous cake.

[Vast]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

Hoops can get it. Oh and Shaq is a freaking Giant. lol

When is Perkins gonna play?

[wwharton]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

Hoops can get it. Oh and Shaq is a freaking Giant. lol

When is Perkins gonna play?

He played last night.

[Altimus]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

LOL..That last photo looks like Shaq's head was photoshopped in..If he's in shape like that watch out..

Looks like Shaq's head on KG's body but yeah, a lot of weight loss.

[Beantown]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

Preview of episode five of ESPN's "The Association" focuses on Rondo's response to the trade

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[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

What days do they actually air on because I normally catch the repeat on NBATV but it's usually when I'm channel surfing and then I'll happen to catch it there.

The last episode I seen was when Perk was traded so I don't know if that was the last one or not?

[Beantown]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

I know that one - with Rondo talking about it - airs this Friday night.

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

You should post the episode where Perk was actually traded. The guys were depressed.

Also what happened to Kully? SMH he never posts anymore

[Kully]

Re: Kendrick Perkins Traded to OKC

I like lurking and reading.

Working out my hands, getting ready for that lockout life