Remember when the trade was initially made and it came out that Ainge had asked for Harden before Green, but Presti wouldn't give up Harden. Ainge knew then which player was better. I'm surprised he settled for Green. He should have nixed the deal. In the end, Green's been useless, Perk is on a championship contender, and Presti got rid of Harden anyway.
Pierce has never been the kind of leader that rallies the young guys and gets everyone together. I admire his work in the community and he is The Captain of the team, but the people that wrote that no one is calling Pierce at night to talk things out are right. Pierce isn't that type of leader.
KG is soft without a big with attitude behind him. Yeah, I said it. Perkins's toughness allowed KG to be who he was. When Perk was traded, the two O'Neals were brought in to supply that, but neither did. Now we're stuck with Rondo sticking up for KG. Can you imagine how many rows deeper into the stands Perk would have driven Humphries?
I miss Perk. At least he boxes out his man.