Perk Shaping Up

From the Herald:

Mark Blount [news], Raef LaFrentz, Walter McCarty [news] and Tom Gugliotta are currently ahead of him in the fight for big man spots.

``KP's right there,'' coach Doc Rivers said. ``I mean, he's right there. He has a chance to break in that four, and if he can do that it would help us. That would allow me to change our rotations in a better way. But we can't give it to him. He has to be ready.