After being traded to the Utah Jazz, veteran center Kendrick Perkins tweeted his goodbyes to the Thunder organization and its fans.
Veteran center Kendrick Perkins was involved in a three-team trade Thursday afternoon right before the 3 p.m. deadline that shipped him to the Utah Jazz. Also involved in the trade was Reggie Jackson, who was shipped from OKC to Detroit in exchange for D.J. Augustin and Kyle Singler. From Utah, the Thunder received Enes Kanter and Steve Novak in exchange for Perkins.
Perkins has been with the Thunder since the 2010-11 season after another deadline trade from the Celtics. Perkins has been known as a great locker room presence, and while his on-court play wasn’t very good, he will surely be missed in Oklahoma City.
After his five seasons with the Thunder, Perk had some goodbyes to say via Twitter before his departure.
I would like to start off by saying Thank You to the State of Oklahoma for treated my family and I like Family and we Thank Yall so much!✊✊✊
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) February 19, 2015
We are going to miss this wonderful place and all of you guys hold a special place in ours hearts! ThunderUp for life ✊✊✊✊✊
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) February 19, 2015
Next to my Family @russwest44 @KDTrey5 @sergeibaka9 @nickcollison4 I appreciate yall for all the wonderful times and love yall for life🙌🙌🙌🙌
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) February 19, 2015
Next I want to send a special Thanks to the Thunder organization and EVERYONE who works in the arena! I will never forget yall! My family
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) February 19, 2015
And I have a lot of love for all you guys and we will never take what yall done for us for Granted! Love you all! #ThunderFamily✊✊✊
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) February 19, 2015
As for the basketball part of the deal, Perkins is expected to be bought out by the Jazz and could end up with a contender in need of center depth once that process is complete.
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