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dumbass tbh
Traded away Jeff Green to get Kendrick Perkins.
Traded away James Harden because he didn't want to amnesty Kendrick Perkins.
dumbass tbh
Could have had Tyson Chandler too if they didn't get squeamish looking at x-rays.
There's plenty more.
Presti has made some good moves, but he's also been the recipient of some incredible good fortune. His luck ran out and some of his poor decisions came back to bite him.
so far the only thing Porkins has contributed to life since the trade are youtube videos of his fat ass getting dunked on.
at people thinking perkins was the answer for the thunder... Bucher..Smith...
They would have taken Oden if they got the first pick too. Really this guy is overrated. They picked up Durant, Green, Westbrook, Ibaka and Harden in three consecutive drafts as a reward for being terrible. All of the ancillary moves to bolster that foundation have failed.
There's plenty more.
Presti has made some good moves, but he's also been the recipient of some incredible good fortune. His luck ran out and some of his poor decisions came back to bite him.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...order_by_asc=Y
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lol a negative PER
lol making Gayson Collins look good
The point of getting Perkins was to combat with the Lakers twin towers. However, the Mavs did the unexpected and beat the piss out of LA and ended their le run, rendering Perkins useless.
Precisely. That was his first, and most important, piece of good fortune.
Presti was hired between the draft lottery and the actual draft. The Sonics already owned the second pick in the draft. All Presti had to do was pick the guy that Portland didn't. One of the great no-lose situations ever.
They could have signed Jason Collins for the vet minimum to foul those guys six times a game.
I despise Perkins as much as anyone, but at the time he was traded for, he was thought of much more highly than he is now. He did a solid job of manning the middle in Boston, and honestly, had he not gotten hurt, Boston probably wins the finals in 2010 instead of the Lakers.
I'm sure some of it was due to having KG to play alongside, so it made him look better than he really is, but at least its somewhat understandable at the time.
Porkings didn't do ANYTHING for boston but set Illegal screens all the time. Even the series where he supposedly punked PAU in 2008, Pau still averaged 18-11 against him. HE'S A SCRUB!
He filled the paint, boxed out for boards, and did dirty work. That was definitely a huge blow for Boston, as the reason they lost game 7 came down to giving up way too many offensive rebounds and were horrible in the paint.
The Celts likely beat the Lakers in '10 had Perkins played.
It's cool, though, Nupe. Still a legit le. Injuries are a part of the game.
and yet even after that, they traded Harden instead of amnestying P
Those who are knocking Presti for the Perkins trade from Boston are truly ignorant. OKC was about the worst frontcourt defensive team in the entire league because we started Nenad Krstic at the 5 and Jeff Green at PF. Green's a cool guy and a decent player at the 3, but he's an absolute complete joke at the 4. Nenad Krstic was nothing more than a jump shooting 7 footer who offered ZERO low post defense or presence. Jeff Green, if he stayed with OKC, was headed for the bench to backup KD..and OKC isn't paying a guy the $8-10M Green would've demanded to come off the bench. He's not that good. Trading Green and Krstic for Perk was an absolute no-brainer.
Now, having said that, today I do not believe Perkins is a piece to OKC's championship puzzle. He's a better than average low post defender, but he's a horrific offensive player and his defensive capabilities are not good enough to offset the fact that he's an offensive liability. But..rewinding back to the day they picked Perk up..it was a good move at the time.
So Presti traded up when he got Porkins because he isn't a joke at the 4. Gotcha
It's not a Perkins vs Green debate. Please tell me you're not making a Green vs Perk comparison on an individual basis. That's not the point. That's apples and oranges anyways. You have to think a little deeper about the situation. The point is OKC started Nenad Krstic and Jeff Green as their frontcourt. Do you know who those two players are? Now picture them as your defensive frontcourt and tell me that's not laughable. It is. Ibaka was moving quickly toward the starting role at the 4, which would inevitably move Green to the bench. OKC would've been stupid to extend Green for big money coming off the bench as a backup 3. He's not that good. Krstic was a joke defensively. They just rode Krstic and Green because it was the best they had, but they knew going forward that duo was going nowhere quick in terms of taking the next step in becoming a better playoff team. Their main goal AT THAT TIME was to shore of their starting frontline defensively. Perk/Ibaka or Krstic/Green? Come on man, think about it. Like I said, I don't think Perk is a piece to the championship puzzle in OKC, but without a doubt it was the right move at the time.So Presti traded up when he got Porkins because he isn't a joke at the 4. Gotcha
TBH, if the Thunder and Durant want to get any better, KD needs to learn how to play the PF position, and add some muscle. Not necessarily a full time positional change, but similar to Lebron, in that he can capably play stretches there for the benefit of the team, even if it isn't his natural position.
KD at PF would create mismatch nightmares similar to Dirk.
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