Tuesday Bolts – 9.13.11

Zach Lowe of SI talking about the Perk trade again: “Perkins is a nice asset when he’s 100 percent, but he wasn’t close to full strength last season after recovering from a knee injury (and then suffering another one after his return). And so Boston gambled — on Davis, on its team chemistry, on Green’s ability to provide badly needed depth behind Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, and on the idea that Perkins, unwilling to sign the biggest extension Boston could offer, was a replaceable long-term part. (And remember: Boston got the Clippers’ protected 2012 first-rounder in that deal, something that could be a huge asset down the road.) Shaq is right that the Perkins trade was a risky move, but it was much bigger than him.”

KD is joining LeBron, Melo and CP3 in Team Melo vs. Team Philly game.

KD with an astute point after Tom Brady’s big Monday night: “500 yards passing, isn’t that like having 80 in a NBA game?”

Jeff Green on watching the Thunder succeed: “I was happy for them. I’m still close with. Kevin is like my brother. I still talk to him every other day. Even after I got traded, I always kept in touch with him. I’m glad they went as far as they did. They deserved. They are a hardworking bunch and I still love those guys.”

Rick Adelman has kind of, supposedly been hired by the Wolves.

Howard Beck of the New York Times: “As one person monitoring the talks said, “They’re not just sticking to one side and saying, ‘We’re not moving.’ “vThat is a vast improvement from August and puts these talks light-years ahead of where they were during the 1998 lockout. While the circumstances may differ, the comparison is worth noting.”

Ethan Sherwood Strauss of HoopSpeak on TV deals: “Every time a new league cashes in on the current TV rights boom, the NBA’s theoretical money pile grows. And when I say ‘current TV rights boom,’ I want to do more than just evoke the idea of ‘growth.’ I want to shake you by the shoulders, shout into your nostrils, ‘NCAA conferences are multiplying their old deals times four! The NHL nearly tripled their previous contract! The games with bouncing objects have struck liquid gold in the Frivolous Distraction Basin and the gushers are springing higher than lost balloons! It’s getting VERY SILLY OUT THERE!’”