Last week, the Thunder center called Lakers coach Phil Jackson “arrogant” and center Pau Gasol “soft.” On Sunday, he scrutinized players on the Miami Heat.
Perkins revealed to The Miami Herald how confident his former teammates are when matched up against the Heat.
“Each guy feels they have a matchup to their advantage against Miami,” Perkins told the paper. “They take it a lot personal when they play them.”
For example, he spoke of how Ray Allen causes problems for Dwyane Wade.
“Dwyane falls asleep a lot,” Perkins said. “He doesn’t like to guard screen-and-rolls, and that’s what Ray specializes in. Dwyane doesn’t like to get picked. He’s a good on-the-ball defender as far as a guy dribbling, but he struggles getting over screens.”
Perkins doesn’t think the younger Chris Bosh is able to slow down veteran forward Kevin Garnett, either.
“I definitely don’t think so,” Perkins added. “I know KG takes it personal when he goes against Bosh.”
The Celtics will only play the Heat once more in the regular season, but if the Bulls earn the first seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Celtics and Heat would most likely clash in the second round as the No. 2 and 3 seeds, respectively.
With or without Perkins, the Celtics still have the former big man on their side in that matchup.
