[akhan786Participant]

I just had an interesting idea that maybe just maybe when Perk’s contract expires he might re-up with the Celtics and his buds.

Though this is highly unlikely, considering the fact he’s got to be pretty bitter with the Celtic organization for trading him away from a legit title conteding team with great chemistry, he, by some miracle, might forgive Danny and sign a contract with him when the season is over.

What are your ideas?

[omphalosParticipant]

Well, it’s not as if he was traded to the Cavs, he ended up in OKC, a team which could really use his services and is a dark horse to contend now they have that defensive C to handle the Lakers in the West.

[omphalosParticipant]

Well, it’s not as if he was traded to the Cavs, he ended up in OKC, a team which could really use his services and is a dark horse to contend now they have that defensive C to handle the Lakers in the West.

[TyroberParticipant]

 The Celtics wont have enough money to sign up and  OKC will pay to keep him. He is definitely going to stay with the Thunder

[TyroberParticipant]

 The Celtics wont have enough money to sign up and  OKC will pay to keep him. He is definitely going to stay with the Thunder

[bigblackNbeautifulParticipant]

 He is prob really happy with the trade. Now his title window just got alot wider. Him and Muhammad are just what the doc ordered in okc. Who will want to play that front court?

[bigblackNbeautifulParticipant]

 He is prob really happy with the trade. Now his title window just got alot wider. Him and Muhammad are just what the doc ordered in okc. Who will want to play that front court?

[ghettosermonParticipant]

KG makes 21 mil next year, Paul Pierce 15.3 mil, Rondo 10 mil. That’s already 46 mil. They will definitely give Jeff Green the 5.9 qualifying offer. With Shaq, Avery Bradley, and Jermaine Oneal on the books even if Ray Allen retires, Rasheed stays retired, and they don’t re-sign Big Baby and Kristic, there is no way they get under the salary cap. So unless Perkins is willing to take the MLE how would he end up in Boston? Considering a guy like Brendan Haywood signed a deal last year to give him 9+ mil a year why would Perkins sign for max 6 mil a year. The fact is Perkins is gone and won’t be back with the Celts. Even if he isn’t back with the Thunder he will sign for someone other than the Celtics. Right now the Celtics mission in the offseason should be to re-sign big baby and see if they can give Jeff Green at an extension for a discount maybe around 8 mil a year.

[ghettosermonParticipant]

KG makes 21 mil next year, Paul Pierce 15.3 mil, Rondo 10 mil. That’s already 46 mil. They will definitely give Jeff Green the 5.9 qualifying offer. With Shaq, Avery Bradley, and Jermaine Oneal on the books even if Ray Allen retires, Rasheed stays retired, and they don’t re-sign Big Baby and Kristic, there is no way they get under the salary cap. So unless Perkins is willing to take the MLE how would he end up in Boston? Considering a guy like Brendan Haywood signed a deal last year to give him 9+ mil a year why would Perkins sign for max 6 mil a year. The fact is Perkins is gone and won’t be back with the Celts. Even if he isn’t back with the Thunder he will sign for someone other than the Celtics. Right now the Celtics mission in the offseason should be to re-sign big baby and see if they can give Jeff Green at an extension for a discount maybe around 8 mil a year.

[magmo68Participant]

…I think he was traded because they wouldn’t be able to re-sign him next year

[magmo68Participant]

…I think he was traded because they wouldn’t be able to re-sign him next year

[Meditated StatesParticipant]

Jeff Green is great Value in that trade. I like Perk, but this is a good trade for the C’s. They needed more time for Avery Bradley and From watching the start of the season it was obvious how much Shaq was more useful than Perk for Rondo due to Shaq’s ability to finish around the rim with big dunks. Team looks great with Shaq in the middle.

[Meditated StatesParticipant]

Jeff Green is great Value in that trade. I like Perk, but this is a good trade for the C’s. They needed more time for Avery Bradley and From watching the start of the season it was obvious how much Shaq was more useful than Perk for Rondo due to Shaq’s ability to finish around the rim with big dunks. Team looks great with Shaq in the middle.

[Sasha4MVPParticipant]

One of the main reasons the Celtics traded him was because they knew they couldn’t pay him.  He already rejected a 4 year 30 million dollar offer, which I think is absurd.  I don’t know how much more a team would be willing to pay for Perkins.

[Sasha4MVPParticipant]

One of the main reasons the Celtics traded him was because they knew they couldn’t pay him.  He already rejected a 4 year 30 million dollar offer, which I think is absurd.  I don’t know how much more a team would be willing to pay for Perkins.

[Meditated StatesParticipant]

I like Perk, but braking the bank. Hell naw.

[Meditated StatesParticipant]

I like Perk, but braking the bank. Hell naw.

[immaletufinishbutParticipant]

We have no centers in the league so by default he is a top 10 center, he will command at least 7 to 8 mil a year. Look what haywood got and he doesnt even start.

[immaletufinishbutParticipant]

We have no centers in the league so by default he is a top 10 center, he will command at least 7 to 8 mil a year. Look what haywood got and he doesnt even start.

[lowryfoyerayParticipant]

 do you think OKC will give out that big contract to perk, knowing they gotta give westbrook big money, and extend serge and harden eventually?

[lowryfoyerayParticipant]

 do you think OKC will give out that big contract to perk, knowing they gotta give westbrook big money, and extend serge and harden eventually?

[NYK2010Participant]

Boston has only this year and next really as a window to win a title.  After that the big 3 will either lose 1 or 2 to retirement or get very old.  Rondo will still be elite but who else, Ainge made the right move its a gamble because of how injury prone both O’neals are.  Trading the Turkish Center I don’t understand for a 2nd round pick how is that going to help them.  Garnett can play the Center some and will with the O’neals out and when Kristic isn’t in the game.  They still have Big Baby who gets a bigger role in the offense but Green will spell Pierce and let him rest which he needs.  If you saw the Finals last year you’d see how tired Pierce was having a guy like Green who can score and stretch the defense helps them.  Perkins is a nice player but he’s foul prone and the Celtics have plenty of big men.  Its a no brainer for OKC as they have Durant at SF and they should put Serge and Nick Collison at PF.  Perkins and Nazr should man the Center spot.  Getting Nenad was a good move he can hit some shots and cheap the defense honest too and he has some playoff experience as well.  Von Wafer scoring made Nate Robinson expendable and Delonte West is back healthy as well.  I like the trade for both teams but better for the Thunder since they needed to add a big man who plays D.

[NYK2010Participant]

Boston has only this year and next really as a window to win a title.  After that the big 3 will either lose 1 or 2 to retirement or get very old.  Rondo will still be elite but who else, Ainge made the right move its a gamble because of how injury prone both O’neals are.  Trading the Turkish Center I don’t understand for a 2nd round pick how is that going to help them.  Garnett can play the Center some and will with the O’neals out and when Kristic isn’t in the game.  They still have Big Baby who gets a bigger role in the offense but Green will spell Pierce and let him rest which he needs.  If you saw the Finals last year you’d see how tired Pierce was having a guy like Green who can score and stretch the defense helps them.  Perkins is a nice player but he’s foul prone and the Celtics have plenty of big men.  Its a no brainer for OKC as they have Durant at SF and they should put Serge and Nick Collison at PF.  Perkins and Nazr should man the Center spot.  Getting Nenad was a good move he can hit some shots and cheap the defense honest too and he has some playoff experience as well.  Von Wafer scoring made Nate Robinson expendable and Delonte West is back healthy as well.  I like the trade for both teams but better for the Thunder since they needed to add a big man who plays D.

[HitsterParticipant]

The Celtics did fairly well minus Perkins this year although I did want to see what happens when Shaq returned and how Doc ran his rotation and starting 5. I had forgotten about Bradley who is another nice piece of the Celtics rebuilding core. Also getting Kristic gives the Celtics another guy with good play off experience to fill the front court minutes.

Dallas do overpay for C’s but I would have thought that Perkins would be worth $8 million upwards a year over 4 or 5 years. If he did take MLE then there would be a huge queue for him starting with Knicks, Heat etc.

Nazr and Perkins give OKC the size at 5 they have lacked and they had Kristic coming off the books and so with any extensions for him and Green now not required they could resign Nazr and Perkins with that money and still have some left over. Also remember Sam Presti has rebuilt via the draft and with so many teams now rebuilding via FA then he can probably continue to extract good pieces from within the draft.

[HitsterParticipant]

The Celtics did fairly well minus Perkins this year although I did want to see what happens when Shaq returned and how Doc ran his rotation and starting 5. I had forgotten about Bradley who is another nice piece of the Celtics rebuilding core. Also getting Kristic gives the Celtics another guy with good play off experience to fill the front court minutes.

Dallas do overpay for C’s but I would have thought that Perkins would be worth $8 million upwards a year over 4 or 5 years. If he did take MLE then there would be a huge queue for him starting with Knicks, Heat etc.

Nazr and Perkins give OKC the size at 5 they have lacked and they had Kristic coming off the books and so with any extensions for him and Green now not required they could resign Nazr and Perkins with that money and still have some left over. Also remember Sam Presti has rebuilt via the draft and with so many teams now rebuilding via FA then he can probably continue to extract good pieces from within the draft.

[CalipariParticipant]

I see the Thunder giving Westbrook his extension. That is inevitable. With some of the expirings they have they can resign Perkins for hopefully below 8 million and still sign Green in free agency to be the 6th man. If the Thunder are contenders now, imagine this:

C: Perkins

PF: Ibaka

SF: Durant

SG: By then, likely Harden’

PG: Westbrook

Green, Collison Maynor and Sefolosha off the bench is lethal. Coupled with the development of Byron Mullens and Cole Aldrich, they will be great for years to come. I’m not a big Nate Robinson fan. Maybe they spin him for an expiring and pick up a draft pick down the road. Even if we don’t get Green back, which is unlikely anyway, the Thunder have the assets and flexibility to  make things happen. With the game’s best GM in Sam Presti, we’ll be at the top of the league for years to come.

 

[CalipariParticipant]

I see the Thunder giving Westbrook his extension. That is inevitable. With some of the expirings they have they can resign Perkins for hopefully below 8 million and still sign Green in free agency to be the 6th man. If the Thunder are contenders now, imagine this:

C: Perkins

PF: Ibaka

SF: Durant

SG: By then, likely Harden’

PG: Westbrook

Green, Collison Maynor and Sefolosha off the bench is lethal. Coupled with the development of Byron Mullens and Cole Aldrich, they will be great for years to come. I’m not a big Nate Robinson fan. Maybe they spin him for an expiring and pick up a draft pick down the road. Even if we don’t get Green back, which is unlikely anyway, the Thunder have the assets and flexibility to  make things happen. With the game’s best GM in Sam Presti, we’ll be at the top of the league for years to come.

 

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