Looks like you are right. I can admit when I'm wrong. They still could have let him go to free agency though. From espn.com...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6170182
The Oklahoma City Thunder signed center Kendrick Perkins to a multiyear contract extension Tuesday, the team announced.
Perkins will receive almost $36 million fully guaranteed in the contract, his agent, Bob Myers, told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher.
"We had a unique opportunity to enter into discussions with Kendrick to solidify his future with our organization," general manager Sam Presti said in a statement. "We are pleased to know that he will be a part of our core group now and in the future. Kendrick's blue-collar, team-first approach aligns with the vision we hold for building a sustainable team in the Oklahoma City community."
The 26-year-old Perkins was unable to agree to an extension with the Boston Celtics, who dealt him to the Thunder at the trade deadline for starters Jeff Green and Nenad Krstic. Guard Nate Robinson also came over to Oklahoma City, which sent the Celtics a 2012 first-round draft pick and cash.
The Celtics had reportedly offered him a four-year, $22 million contract.
As part of the deadline deal that sent Perkins to Oklahoma City, the Thunder trimmed a tiny bit of cap space (a little more than $1 million), which gave them just enough additional wiggle room to help hammer out a contract extension. With Boston over the salary cap, the team couldn't offer more than $22 million over four years, while Oklahoma City was able to use that sliver of cap space to offer Perkins as much as $13 million more on a four-year deal.
Perkins said he was interested in playing for Oklahoma City as early as last offseason, when he discussed with agent Arn Tellem whether the Thunder might be interested in him when this season was over. He ended up moving sooner than he expected, and was initially shaken up at being traded away from the only NBA team he'd ever played for.
"It kind of felt like the worst day of my life when I got traded from the Cs, from being there so long. But when I got here, it kind of took my mind away from everything, I think, and everything just kind of blew me away," Perkins said after practice Tuesday. "It was kind of the worst but best day."
Perkins, who has a sprained left knee, hasn't yet made his debut for the Thunder but said recently that he's hopeful he can be back in time for the Thunder's six-game homestand that starts March 18.
In 12 games with the Celtics this season, Perkins averaged 7.3 points and 8.1 rebounds.
The 6-foot-10 Perkins was the 27th overall pick in the 2003 draft.
Given this, I find it strange that the Celtics took heat for making the trade.
Conventional wisdom is that it hurts their chances for a le this season, and that a team that relies on players as old as KG, Ray, and PP shouldn't sacrifice the present for the future.Given this, I find it strange that the Celtics took heat for making the trade.
It's pretty obvious, they disrupted the team chemistry for unproven talent. Most fans would rather they keep him this season, knowing the team will have to be blown up in a year or two anyways.Given this, I find it strange that the Celtics took heat for making the trade.
Why are people saying that the Thunder traded Harden in order to keep Ibaka? I thought that the Thunder could have amnestied Perkins and still kept Harden and Ibaka, no?
Yes. Keeping Perkins was plain dumb.
But but, Perkins can stop duncan, D12, Marc/ZBo!
yes. i've been pounding this point for a while, saying that Harden + any replacement center > Perkins + package in Harden trade, and i got laughed at for that
Members of the media are trying to use this series and combine it with Harden's terrible defense to justify the "keeping Ibaka over Harden" argument.yes. i've been pounding this point for a while, saying that Harden + any replacement center > Perkins + package in Harden trade, and i got laughed at for that
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