Sorry all you bleeding hearts, it was a great trade

I somehow see the positivity in this trade (barring all emotional aspects). However, my assessment of this trade is incomplete since we haven’t really seen the new guys play with the team. Besides, it is most certain that some guys who will be bought out by other teams will soon join the team.

IMO, it is fair to judge this trade after March 1. And of course we’ll definitely see its success or failure come playoff time.

‘’It appears that the majority of the readers on this blog, including our ’big guy’ authors, oppose the trade. However, the two best minds that I read on this blog belong to MMMM and DRJ1 and I think they will mostly agree with me.’’
The majority of us opposed to this trade cause perk was like a brother he grew up as a celtic member and we grew up with him.

I am somehow confident that he’ll play better D with the C’s. The guys in the past that the management brought in were not particularly good defenders, but the culture of this team changed their ways (reminds me of Ray Allen). I am expecting him to play D if he ever want to play significant minutes under Doc.

i could not agree with you more.

There can be MANY reasons as to why trading Perk is THE perfect solution/steal for the Celtics and there can also be many reasons as to why it’s the opposite.

Please look at this from the GM’s perspective. The guy didn’t want to sign the contract. Even though he wanted to stay in Boston, he still wanted to ‘TEST’ the Free Agency. The guy injured his right knee after 6-7 games. He’s had numerous shoulder problems. He saw how the team played when he was out. He saw the way Marquis went down. He saw how bad Nate can be as a starting / back up PG.

The Celtics played well and by well, I mean champion-caliber-type-well without Perk for how many games? They can still contend and not just contend, but win it all without Perk being the starting center.

We don’t even really know how he acted when the contract extension was discussed. We don’t really know the severity of the new and the old injury. Even though he looked ‘great’, we don’t know how well his body (esp his knees & shoulders) is going to hold up in the future.

I wouldn’t label this deal as a STEAL but hell, it makes sense. Our 5 spot can be filled with Shaq/Nenad/JO. If we pick someone else up (Joel, Murphy, Sheed, Dalembert, or WHEOVER), that’s fine also. Our greatest weakness was not having someone to back up PP. We can’t overplay him like he’s in his mid 20’s anymore. Having JG will absoutely help. Plus, JG would be starting for any other team. Him coming off the bench is like Lamar coming off the bench for the Lakers. We can also go small with him at the 4 and KG at 5. I’m sure he’ll be more effective than BDD when it’s all said and done.

To me, Danny looks like he knows what he’s doing. This Chris Johnson kid can be a surprise in a few years. For this season, he’s like the new Semih Erden. Nice to have off the bench. Our 3rd, 4th string to back up the 3rd/4th spot.

As long as Delonte doesn’t reinjure himself for whatever reasons, Our PG is set. Same with SG, Ray and Von along with Delonte should be good. PP and JG is great. Kevin/BDD/JG is great. Shaq should be and would be playing if the playoffs were to start today. Nenad & Chris Johnson with 12 fouls. Hopefully JO can play as many minutes as PJ Brown / Sam Cassell of 08.

We still can COMPETE. We can still play OUR D. We did just fine when Perk was out. If you think Nenad can’t be as good as Erden as a back up Center, you need to think again.

Stop with the ’WE ARE DONE. OMG WTF IS DANNY DOING AGAIN."
Yes it’s hard to lose someone who’s been with us for past 8 years, but this isn’t SHOCKING. Not to me at least. You hear’em say this all the time. In the end, it’s a business.

Just like the Cornbread trade that brought Bill Walton. Family is family and all those players that were traded were a part of the Celtics family, and will always be linked to the team. Let’s all hope that Green and Kristic will wipe away the negativity of losing those guys.

I’ll miss Pecules a ton but I see Ainge’s thinking. The Semi Hardon and Good’nHarry trade is baffling?

Krstic and Green were starters on a very good team last year, one that gave the Lakers a good series in the playoffs. They are both healthy, young, and experienced. We are adding them to our bench and what we’re losing is our second best center, who is injured.

I’d also like to point out that Jermaine O’Neal is expected to be back in early April. Perkins won’t see the floor again for the Thunder until mid-March. When healthy, Jermaine is the better player of the two. Are we so sure that Perkins has a better chance of being healthy for the playoffs than O’Neal?

I love Perkins, and I will be watching a lot more Oklahoma games now. I relish the intimidation factor and the downright nastiness that this version of the Celtics has had on the court, and that has been undoubtedly diminished.

The subplot that no one is talking about here is Nate Robinson. We all know that Nate was having a bad year, but aren’t we extremely vulnerable now at the point? Avery Bradley isn’t our guy, not this year, and we’ve been hearing forever that Delonte is strongest as a 2 backing up Ray. That means that it’s getting towards time for the heir to Sam Cassel’s mantle to make his appearance. TJ Ford, Baron Davis, and Mike Bibby are all out there but none have been connected to the Celtics.

The idea that Delonte West is the only guy besides Rondo who can bring the ball up makes me nervous. More nervous, in fact, than dropping two bangers in Perkins and Erden for a Krstic and a whole lot of prayer for men named O’Neal.