Myth: perkins is a dwight stopper

[Nick Young]

The Myth: Kendrick "Scrubkins" Perkins is the Dwight stopper. He shuts down Dwight. He knows how to get inside Dwight's head.

The facts:
Dwight Howard, the man getting supposedly shut down by perkins, averages
16.3ppg
12.6rpg
52% FG
vs Perkins.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...1&p2=howardw01
Whereas Perkins averages 5ppg when up against Howard and his career averages are 9.8ppg.

THE CONCLUSION
Perkins doesn't stop Dwight, or even slow him down. But on the other end of things, Dwight cuts Perkins PPG in half

[talkingconch]

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[maybeshewill13]

OP still mad his precious Lakers went down 4-1 last year Let it go son

[AirTupac]

Scurbrick Scrubkins

[Mr. Jabbar]

Kenbrick Srubkins

[AirTupac]

Scrubscrub Scrubrick

[maybeshewill13]

I do agree though, Perkins needs his fat ass rolled into the ocean.

[Mr. Jabbar]

[magnax1]

Well 16 ppg on 52% is a lot worse then his 18 ppg on 57% career average, and Perkins wasn't even a starter for a lot of that. I don't think there is a much of a question that Perkins guards Dwight better then anyone else either. Maybe not since the injury, but at least when he was on Boston.

[28renyoy]

Howard averages 18.3/13.0 60.1 TS% for his career
vs Perkins he averages 16.3/12.6 54.9 TS%

So he's down 2 ppg and his efficiency free falls...SWEET THREAD OP

[j3lademaster]

Well 16 ppg on 52% is a lot worse then his 18 ppg on 57% career average, and Perkins wasn't even a starter for a lot of that. I don't think there is a much of a question that Perkins guards Dwight better then anyone else either. Maybe not since the injury, but at least when he was on Boston.

This. If there's one thing Perkins is useful for it's guarding players who just wants to bully their opponents in the post and doesn't have many post moves. Perkins doesn't have to "shut Dwight down" (nor am I claiming he can), he just has to body him up for long enough for his help defense to arrive... and OKC has great help D.

Other than this one particular skill, the tipping rebounds away from your teammates, terrible help D, terrible PnR D, nonexistent offensive game that wastes multitudes of under the basket opportunities... yeah Perks is a scrub.

[chazzy]

It's a good thing the Lakers can expose Perkins by putting him in a Nash/Dwight PNR rather than force feed him on the block

[28renyoy]

It's a good thing the Lakers can expose Perkins by putting him in a Nash/Dwight PNR rather than force feed him on the block

It's a good thing for the Thunder that Kobe is useless vs the Thunder and the Lakers have absolutely noone to guard Westbrook or Durant

Nash will be guarded by Westbrook, an elite defender
Kobe will be guarded by Sefalosha, who shuts him down
Artest sucks
Gasol will be guarded by Ibaka and Collison who bully him
Dwight will be guarded by the best Dwight defender in the league

[chazzy]

It's a good thing for the Thunder that Kobe is useless vs the Thunder and the Lakers have absolutely noone to guard Westbrook or Durant

This thread is about Dwight vs Perkins

[Mr. Jabbar]

It's a good thing for the Thunder that Kobe is useless vs the Thunder and the Lakers have absolutely noone to guard Westbrook or Durant

Nash will be guarded by Westbrook, an elite defender
Kobe will be guarded by Sefalosha, who shuts him down
Artest sucks
Gasol will be guarded by Ibaka and Collison who bully him
Dwight will be guarded by the best Dwight defender in the league

and then you woke up