[ChewyParticipant]

 One of my favorite "it’s the small things that make me happy" moments is watching Kendrick Perkins argue EVERY call made against him. He is hilariously clueless as to what a foul actually is. I went and looked up his stats and he is averaging a whopping 3.4 Pts, 0.5 Blks, 2.8 Fouls, and 4.7 rebounds. 

Then I saw ESPN had him as the 31 best Center in the league and I thought "No Way." So my question is: Can you name 31 Centers better than Perkins?

 

[Chilbert arenasParticipant]

If he’s ranked 31 you’d only need to name 30 better than him

[GottaBeTheShoesParticipant]

 I think he meant making the point that Perkins was not the 31st best center by naming 31 better.

[ChewyParticipant]

 There are a lot of bench bigs that I would take over Perkins. I was going to try and list 31 better Centers in my original post, but then there would be no challenge and the post would be boring…

[ChewyParticipant]

 There are a lot of bench bigs that I would take over Perkins. I was going to try and list 31 better Centers in my original post, but then there would be no challenge and the post would be boring…

[GottaBeTheShoesParticipant]

 I think he meant making the point that Perkins was not the 31st best center by naming 31 better.

[Chilbert arenasParticipant]

If he’s ranked 31 you’d only need to name 30 better than him

[t-loveParticipant]

Almost every teams starting center as well as a handull of backups are better than Perk. I’d say he honestly is in the 38-43ish range.

[t-loveParticipant]

Almost every teams starting center as well as a handull of backups are better than Perk. I’d say he honestly is in the 38-43ish range.

[FearTheStacheParticipant]

 Would it be too much to argue that Steven Adams is probably a better center too?

[FearTheStacheParticipant]

 Would it be too much to argue that Steven Adams is probably a better center too?

[druneave3Participant]

 No one wants to take the time to make the list it is so long. He is so bad. 

@FearTheStache Yes Adams makes that list, easily. Perk can’t move, finish, shoot, or anything productive. 

Not sure if it would have ever worked out financially or not but weren’t may people speculating that they might amnesty Perk in order to pay Harden? 

 

 

 

 

 

[druneave3Participant]

 No one wants to take the time to make the list it is so long. He is so bad. 

@FearTheStache Yes Adams makes that list, easily. Perk can’t move, finish, shoot, or anything productive. 

Not sure if it would have ever worked out financially or not but weren’t may people speculating that they might amnesty Perk in order to pay Harden? 

 

 

 

 

 

[t-loveParticipant]

 I read an article last year (sorry I can’t cite anything, but I think it was a Simmon’s piece on Grantland) and it explained that Harden wanted max, and would take nothing less. Doing so would have put OKC over the cap for the next 5 years or so with 2 max and one super max salaries plus Ibaka’s contract, something they were very uncomfortable doing as a small market team. If they amnestied Perk they’d basically have given him up for nothing, upset the locker room (he is a leader on that team), been left without any other servicable big men other than Collison, and still paying the repeaters tax under the new CBA. The Harden move was sort of inevitable because Presti wasn’t going to budge on his offer.

[t-loveParticipant]

 I read an article last year (sorry I can’t cite anything, but I think it was a Simmon’s piece on Grantland) and it explained that Harden wanted max, and would take nothing less. Doing so would have put OKC over the cap for the next 5 years or so with 2 max and one super max salaries plus Ibaka’s contract, something they were very uncomfortable doing as a small market team. If they amnestied Perk they’d basically have given him up for nothing, upset the locker room (he is a leader on that team), been left without any other servicable big men other than Collison, and still paying the repeaters tax under the new CBA. The Harden move was sort of inevitable because Presti wasn’t going to budge on his offer.

[GrandmamaParticipant]

 Hibbert, Noah, Drummond, Howard, Sanders, Horford, Jefferson, B. Lopez, Duncan, M. Gasol, P. Gasol, Bogut, Chandler, Gortat, Cousins, Valanciunas, Hilario, Bynum (will be back), Vucevic, Hawes, Varejao, Dalembert, Asik, Hickson, McGee, Mozgov, Kaman, Okafor, R. Lopez, Kanter, Splitter

[GrandmamaParticipant]

 Hibbert, Noah, Drummond, Howard, Sanders, Horford, Jefferson, B. Lopez, Duncan, M. Gasol, P. Gasol, Bogut, Chandler, Gortat, Cousins, Valanciunas, Hilario, Bynum (will be back), Vucevic, Hawes, Varejao, Dalembert, Asik, Hickson, McGee, Mozgov, Kaman, Okafor, R. Lopez, Kanter, Splitter

[Deems03Participant]

 Not to mention pekovic Andre blachte and deandre Jordan

[Deems03Participant]

 Not to mention pekovic Andre blachte and deandre Jordan

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