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Cav in a china shop.
Why didnt he play yesterday?
Three main reasons:
1. Putting Kendrick Perkins on the floor takes minutes away from Moz or Tristan, both of whom have legitimate gripes that they're not getting enough playing time as is.
2. Atlanta is a terrible matchup (surprise!) for a lumbering big, and to top it off they used Mike Scott as their center on their bench units after the first quarter. Playing with five men around the perimeter.... not exactly Perk's cup of tea.
3. Kendrick Perkins is a terrible basketball player. I don't know why posters can't just accept this. It took three games on a team without a backup center for Blatt to say, "Thanks, but no thanks!" and nail Perk's ass to the bench. I've been smiling ever since!
Three main reasons:
1. Putting Kendrick Perkins on the floor takes minutes away from Moz or Tristan, both of whom have legitimate gripes that they're not getting enough playing time as is.
2. Atlanta is a terrible matchup (surprise!) for a lumbering big, and to top it off they used Mike Scott as their center on their bench units after the first quarter. Playing with five men around the perimeter.... not exactly Perk's cup of tea.
3. Kendrick Perkins is a terrible basketball player. I don't know why posters can't just accept this. It took three games on a team without a backup center for Blatt to say, "Thanks, but no thanks!" and nail Perk's ass to the bench. I've been smiling ever since!
This.... dunno why folks thought he'd improve the team.. He doesn't. At least, not on the floor.
He's brought some much-needed scowling to the bench.
I think there's a reason that Perkins was a guy who for most of his time started and then was taken off the floor. Play him with Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka, fine, but once you take him away from playmakers he's absolutely useless. I'd like to see him get a couple minutes with the starters, maybe when taking Mozgov off first give him a few minutes with Love before bringing in TT but he is not a guy you want with a dedicated bench unit.
Perkins sucks. Everyone will be whining about him in no time. Enforcers are overrated. The spurs have won 5 championships without an enforcer. Give me a good basketball player any day over an enforcer, who can barely dribble and shoot.
I can't wait until a Tristan, Perkins, Delly lineup blows a 20 point lead and everyone comes in here whining.
Ill say it again, hes a fine insurance policy, but he should NOT be playing 15-20 minutes a game and it's not even a discussion.