OT: OKC made out like bandits

I just don't get the Perkins trade. What was Boston thinking? I think they just blew their shot at a title. OKC, meanwhile, now start Perkins and Ibaka together and are fearsome. But that does give them two non-shooting starters...

 

If Perkins can get/stay healthy they are going to be formidable in the playoffs. They finally have enough beef to contend with the Lakers, Mavs and Spurs.

 

How many new threads were started today?

 

Denny is making out like a bandit.

 

You mean the RNC is?

 

my down-line residual check should be showing up any day now..

 

Perkins is a 14 PER player who was traded for a 13 PER player.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I just don't think this is a great deal for OKC, when you consider that Perkins is an UFA after this year.

 

PER doesn't accurately reflect the role Perkins is asked to play.

 

And I think it's a negative that they picked up Nate Robinson - he's not good for team chemistry.

 

You'd be right if PER actually measured post defense

 

He's asked to play 5th or 6th role player on the Celtics. What role is he going to play in OKC?

 

Same. Anchor the defense.

 

I just don't that matter too much in the West. Maybe I'm wrong, though.

 

Well, on OKC, that means get into foul trouble, doesn't it?

 

Did you watch game seven of the finals last year when he blew his knee? That game completely turned because life got a whole lot easier for Pau Gasol.

 

I am not sure what this means. He is a wide-body that can guard opposing centers and helps direct the defense from the rear. That's something OKC did not have before. They lost Green which is also an expiring they did not want to renew, they open the floor to Harden to take the scoring load that Green provided (Harden is probably a better player) - and they move Ibaka to play more PF instead of Green (a higher upside player in the same position).

They took a gamble on Perkin's knees - by basically replacing an ill-fitting piece that they would lose next year with a player that fits their needs better - with half a year to evaluate him up close to see if he is worth renewing next year.

Worst case scenario - they decide he is not worth it and lose him as they would have lost Green. Best case scenario - they are no longer undersized to compete against LAL and Dallas.

 

Maybe Boston has some peripheral reason unknown to the general public not to like Perkins (health/knee ?'s, secret heroin problem) but going on the little that I glean from watching games, I don't get it either.

STOMP

 

Perkins will guard the post players....Pau Gasol, Tim Duncan, Al Jefferson.....LaMarcus Aldridge

 

its weird that you ask because I don't think you saw it. first off, kg guards pau. secondly, perkins got injured in game six, not seven.