The Importance of Kendrick Perkins

Anyone who has been around me for more than a minute or two knows that I am a big Kendrick Perkins fan. Perk has been my favorite player since his first year with the Celtics. I love his work ethic. I love his attitude and I love the fact that he very willingly plays a role that most players would shy away from. He is our defensive stopper in the paint and he is our enforcer. In Perk's first year, he played very little, averaging only 3 minutes per game and racking up 72 DNP's. In spite of this, he worked very hard that year to remake his body and build his conditioning. His second year wasn't much better. He averaged 9 minutes per game in 60 games. But he continued to work on his body and conditioning and when he got a chance to play, he showed a lot of promise. In his third season in the league, he still was given very little playing time and had several DNP's until the Mark Blount trade midway through the season. He finally was given more minutes and averaged 1...