More on Perk's Injury

by FLCeltsFan @ CelticsBlog on Dec 11, 2007 7:53 PM EST in Boston Celtics News & Links

More information on Perk's injury from the Globe:

"Man, that's a weird story," Perkins said after practice Tuesday. "I was asleep. I guess whoever put my bed together didn't put it together right when I moved, so one side of my bed fell. My bed was tilted, so I got out of my bed to go push down on the other side.

"And when I was about getting ready to push down on the other side, the headboard started coming in. So I tried to push the headboard back so it wouldn't fall over. My foot was under the bed and the other side of the bed fell on my foot."

X-rays were negative, but Perkins watched practice Tuesday and was limited to riding a bike and other non-basketball activities. He is averaging 7.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

You just can't make things like this up. Considering Larry Bird's back problems began from using a snow blower to clear his sidewalk, I guess truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.

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Didn’t Greg Minor hyperextend his leg from sleeping weird and never really recover? And I kind of remember never nervous Pervis out of service when he dropped furniture on his foot b/c he was too cheap to hire movers…Although I think Radmanovic in lala land is the best story, as he said he slipped on ice, yet really had a snowboarding accident

by cdif911 on Dec 11, 2007 9:47 PM EST reply actions

Perk’s bed injured my appendix too

by Jeff Clark on Dec 11, 2007 10:21 PM EST reply actions

That gives me chest pains to read this. I hope Perkins is OK :’(

by QuinielaBox on Dec 11, 2007 10:40 PM EST reply actions

with an nba center’s big feet, something will find them sooner or later. this will give pollard and powe a chance, i hope, and we’ll see what our backups can do. i just hope perk can stay alert- i hate to see off the court damage being done.

by nazzbo on Dec 11, 2007 10:54 PM EST reply actions

The x-rays were negative so perk’ll be OK. I’d like to see Baby start. I think it would be a good experience for him. Even Scal against Miller isn’t so bad. Miller likes to sit up top and shot open threes as long as there’s someone on him it’ll be fine.

by liam on Dec 11, 2007 11:50 PM EST reply actions

from bill reynolds years ago -

“there’s no truth to the rumor that the first five times Pervis Ellison dropped the table, he missed.”

by cons on Dec 12, 2007 7:15 AM EST reply actions

Even Scal against Miller isn’t so bad.

Except that Brad Miller is a few inches taller than the not-so-lengthy yet very earthbound Scal. He’ll shoot right over the top of Scal and I’ll be cursing the TV set like it was last season. :-\ I hope I’m just being pessimistic.

by BleedinGreen417 on Dec 12, 2007 8:13 AM EST reply actions