Like any basketball fan, I am sitting here watching the Celtics take on the Cavs in game 6 of the NBA semi-finals. One of the big guys on the Celtics is Kendrick Perkins who is fairly young, so I got to wondering if he was somehow related to NBA great Sam Perkins. Maybe a son I never heard about? After exploring Kendrick's profile for a while (he was drafted 27th overall in 2003, went straight from H.S. to the Boston Celtics) I moved on to Sam Perkin's profile. To me, Sam Perkins has always been a staple of the Sonics and their glory days in the 90s. I thought he was kind of a Sonics for life kind of guy. So you can imagine how upsetting it was for me to discover that of his 17 years in the NBA, he only played in Seattle for five of them. He played six years for the Mavericks, three for the Lakers, and three for the Pacers. And he played all the way until 2001? He always seemed so old as a sonic in the mid 90s. Turns out the Big Smooth wasn't at all the man I remembered him to be, and not quite the tried and true, bleeds green and yellow, Sasquatch-loving Sonic that I had somehow made him out to be in my mind. Even still, it's hard for me to believe that Sam was drafted in-between Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley and only a few after Hakeem Olajuwon. It would suck to be the team that was so close to drafting one of those Hall Of Famers and yet you got Sam Perkins. But at least they cant feel as bad as the team that drafted Sam Bowie over MJ... aka the Trailblazers. (They have been cursed ever since)
Oh, and as far as I can tell there is no relation between Kendrick and Sam, except they are both big and ugly.
Weight.
10 years ago
3 comments:
Just commenting about The Office (since, I'm sorry to admit, basketball is not something I spend much time thinking about...). I thought the final episode was GREAT. The classic office tension of Jim's opening prank, Toby's departure (and wanting his and Pam's picture together while she awkwardly smiles), Kevin's pseudo mental problems, and the surprise proposal at the end were perfect examples of why the show is so popular. Even the smaller scenes of Creed dodging work questions and Meredith breaking into Holly's car helped to build up what you might consider as the traditional Office ambiance. Anyways, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the episode. I'm wasn't totally bummed that Jim didn't propose (I mean, proposing at work? Come on!).
Ok, enough rambling about a t.v. show. Have a great weekend!
maybe you should get a life.
Sam really went downhill after those glory days with the Sonics. I remember him in his last years with the Pacers, he used to wear a Du-Rag all game. It got pretty bad.
Post a Comment