The absence of Perk's low-post presence has been done to death, but do they miss him on the screen and roll as well? As Johnny Ludden notes in his his latest yahoo sprots piece,"Perkins sets the screens to free Oklahoma City’s shooters."  He sets some hard picks, Perk.  Wonder if their absence has  anything to do with the scoring droughts? Ray, 'specially?  Another contribution his teammates appreciated--and may have  been underestimated. 

Here's the link. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AoCZcgT__5ultqlH5zXPFAW8vLYF?slug=jy-ludden_perkins_gives_thunder_shot_against_lakers_041111