Perkz Interview with Dime

[Rashi]

Dime: How’s the knee?

Kendrick Perkins: Oh man, it’s been going great. Surgery went extremely well, so I’m just rehabbing, trying to take it day by day, one day at a time and go from there. Right now I’m doing better than I expected. The doctors said I’m ahead of schedule, so I should be back my mid-February.

Dime: Rajon Rondo was in the news the other day saying you guys aren’t worried about Miami even though they have LeBron and Chris Bosh now. What’s your take?

KP: I mean, they have a pretty good team on paper with LeBron, Bosh and D-Wade. But at the end of the day, anything can happen in the playoffs. We proved that this year; we were 17-17 down the stretch and guys counted us out, but we already knew no team wanted to see us in a seven-game series. We felt that way, we believed in ourselves and the coaches believed in us.

It’s gonna be a hard challenge for (Miami). It’s easy to get all those guys on one team, but to vibe in the same system is another thing. Who’s gonna make the extra pass? Who’s gonna make the defensive plays? This is a grown-man’s league, and other teams are getting better, too. So you know that night in and night out, guys are gonna attack them.

Dime: How is the locker room atmosphere with the Celtics?

KP: Oh man, it’s great. I always say we need our own reality show, but you’ve have to bleep out and edit too much stuff. It’s funny. Every day I look forward to going to work with the guys on our team.

Dime: Tony Allen said there’s always a fight over the music in the weight room.

KP: All the time. It’s always a big misunderstanding. Tony would wanna play Gucci Mane, Nate always has a variety, and KG wants to play the same song 40 times in a row. But KG ends up ruling at the end, because he’s got the most years in the League.

Dime: Who’s the best card player on the Celtics?

KP: I’m one of ‘em. Ray Allen is actually a good one. Paul (Pierce) is an OK card player. KG, he’s OK; he’s average. Rondo is a pretty good card player, too. We play cards all the time. Poker some days, maybe spades, it all depends.

Dime: So how does the team look for next season?

KP: We’re gonna come back ready. KG is coming back in the best shape he’s ever been in. We got Jermaine O’Neal. Paul is coming back as a premier player in the League. Ray is gonna be Ray all the time. Rondo is gonna keep it up, keep it going.

Dime: Any predictions?
KP: Nah, I don’t wanna do that.

Dime: OK.
KP: Actually, yeah, I will make a prediction. We’re gonna win.

Dime: The whole thing?
KP: We’re gonna win.

http://dimemag.com/2010/08/dime-qa-kendrick-perkins-on-rehab-referees-and-new-rivals-in-miami/

[barefacedmonk]

TP...and thanks for posting. I see you are keeping up with all the updates and articles

[shookones99]

I'm actually really interested in Nate's musical tastes as well as what song KG would play 40 times in a row.

But Tony... seriously... Gucci Mane?  Come on Tony.

[Celtics18]

I've never heard of Gucci Mane, but it sounds ridiculously cheesy.

[shookones99]

If KG's got one song playing over and over again in his head it's gotta be a high-energy, pump up song.  But at the same time it's gotta bring him some swag and focus.

Without further ado, my guess for KG's song:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3U3R3b1dOg