Thunder: Perk will acknowledge Celtic fans — then he’s all Thunder after that

Oklahoma City’s big man has a lot of memories from his days with Boston

BY DARNELL MAYBERRY, Staff Writer, | Published: January 16, 2012

BOSTON — Kendrick Perkins is torn.

There really is just no other way to put it.

No matter how much he tells himself to hold back, to hide his unadulterated emotions, the big man knows that will be his toughest assignment on Monday night when he walks into Boston’s TD Garden for the first time as a visitor.

photo - NBA BASKETBALL: Kendrick Perkins during the Oklahoma City Thunder media day at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman

NBA BASKETBALL: Kendrick Perkins during the Oklahoma City Thunder media day at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman

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“It’s been a lot of different thoughts going through my head,” Perkins said. “You don’t want to be too emotional, and you don’t want to make it all about yourself because,...
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