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“Hurt, surprised, I think it really still hasn’t hit me yet — not really,” he said later. “I think everything happened so fast, last year coming back from my ACL injury and getting traded to Oklahoma City where I had to be a leader.
“It still hurts that I got traded, but then the city of Oklahoma has been great to me. They’ve embraced me with open arms, and I have no complaints about the city of Oklahoma and the whole organization.”
[…] “I never knew I missed it as much as I did until I got in there,” Perkins said. “I missed the whole city of Boston, the whole of New England, and it just felt good playing basketball here. It’s always overwhelming. You try to catch yourself from dropping a tear, but like I always say, the city has been good to me since I came into the NBA at a young age at 18. I’ll never take it for granted, and I definitely appreciate all of the support when I come back to New England. I hated to leave. God does everything for a reason, but my heart is still in Boston and New England. It was just fun to be back.”
Herald: Trade still stings Perkins
It still hurts a lot of us too, big guy.
I hate to poke at this wound (or rip it back open with that video…. sorry) but I think these words speak to the depth of Perk's love for this city and this team. And the fact that he got the biggest pop from the crowd says something about how Boston feels about him too.
There's more that I want to write but I won't… mostly because it's the same stuff I felt after the trade and I don't want to re-hash it. I'll just say it was really great to see Perk in Boston again, wearing green and getting passes from Rajon Rondo. That might be the last time we get to see that.
Related links:
CSNNE: Perkins returns for charity | Globe: Perkins: "I hated to leave"
The rest of the links:
Herald: Truth caught in the middle | Globe: Charity game a lockout fallout | Game Photos | Highlights | Yahoo: Pierce: Players need to make a stand
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