Kendrick Perkins wants to return to Boston.

[2short]

I like perk the person and he was fine playing near kg.  is he currently a better player than Joel Anthony?

Yes of course, but that's not saying much. Anthony is a 3rd string center, at best at this point. We carried him on the roster for a while strictly for insurance. As others on this thread have said, he is a good backup but it is kind of pointless to bring him in as Zeller is a decent backup. What the Celts really need is a starting center.  We're making do with Olynyk.

I feel perk couldn't outplay ok or zeller at this point.  Zeller has been pretty efficient in limited minutes, scoring rebounding and playing solid defense.  Perk has never been a great rebounder or good scorer.  He always played great low post defense ans was an effective/good shot blocker, he has taken some steps back since his boston days

[Eja117]

I'm fine with it on a vet min deal but there has to be a roster spot for him and I'm not sure I would want to cut Zeller or Powell for him and we also have a ton of draft picks coming our way.

[BballTim]

As a backup for the veteran's minimum I'd roll the dice.
He's a terrible basketball player but he'd be a good locker room presence and he is buddies with Rondo.
I wouldn't want him taking minutes from any of our young bigs though.
God he stinks.

  I think he's "less bad" than that.

[SHAQATTACK]

I d take him back on a favorable contract ..to tuffn up the team...add a little attitude  to the team .

[jwmann2]

Yes, if:

1. We move Zeller in a deal for a #1C
2. Perk is satisfied with 10-12 minutes per game
3. It is a 1-yr contract with a team option for year 2 at about $3M per

I think he can help some of our younger players, especially KO and Sully learn some of the finer points of big man defense and his intensity and attitude is something that this team misses.

Being able to make those three things happen is a little far fetched, don't you think?

[Al91]

Man, that video makes me miss Perk a little. Honestly, in most of the national tv OKC games I've seen since he was traded he's played pretty well. At times he didn't fit their offense but that's not his own fault. I'd like to see him in green again if he's fine taking a back seat at time, though I'm sure he'd get more playing time as a starter here than in OKC these days.

I remember one national tv Thunder game last year when, down by two and under a minute ago, I saw Perk take a baseline J and almost freaked out...brain exploding....the whole thing! Old man actually made it!

EDIT:

Thinking some more about it. I know I don't want out "Center" depth to revolve around Perk, Olynyk, Sully, and Fav but isn't Zeller the type of Center that would fit behind Adams in OKC?

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Folks, the OP nailed the answer in the question.

If it gets Rondo, you take one player of the allstars choice.

IF the allstar takes less tan max...

WIth the difference going to the pal.

Cap management.

Player management.

all go together these days.

[Smartacus]

Folks, the OP nailed the answer in the question.

If it gets Rondo, you take one player of the allstars choice.

IF the allstar takes less tan max...

WIth the difference going to the pal.

Cap management.

Player management.

all go together these days.

Ya I was wondering if anyone had picked up on that phrasing. I think something that's overlooked in this case is that even though IMO Zeller is a better player both right now and in the future than Perkins, the chemistry with Rondo and veteran leadership intangibles make Perk more valuable to a post resigned Rondo world than Zeller.

I also think that we already have enough scoring and transition players, we need some hard nosed defenders and Perk looks like he still has that on top of being a somewhat crafty scorer now a days. I wouldn't take Perk in a vacuum but if we bring back Rondo I'd take Perkins over some seemingly better players.