Happy Birthday to my favorite Celtic! Way back in 2004, not many Celtics fans felt that Kendrick Perkins would be the starting center on a championship team. Perk has been my favorite player from the time we drafted him and I have been telling people since then that Perk would be one of the top centers in the league one day. I took a lot of flack for those beliefs back then. The most common comment I got when i would express my belief that Perk was good enough to start on a championship team was that he would be a backup on a good team but just would never be anything more.
Back then, it was the crack staff at PerkisaBeast and myself and a few others who truly believed that Perk would be something special. Here are a few quotes from my early writings on this blog.It is no secret that the center position is one of the hardest to fill with a dominant player. It is also one of the most crucial spots to fill. Where do the Celtics stand as far as their big men? Do we have a c...
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