Yahoo’s Marc Spears got Kendrick Perkins’ take on the Rajon Rondo trade:
While Rajon Rondo continued to say publicly he was committed to staying with the Boston Celtics, Rondo’s former teammate and close friend, Kendrick Perkins, knew he truly felt different.
“He wanted out, but he would never say that though,” Perkins told Yahoo Sports.
Perkins and Rondo were teammates with the Celtics from 2006-11 and still remain close. Perkins said Rondo expressed his excitement about his trade to the Dallas Mavericks in a brief phone conversation on Thursday.
“Going to nice weather, a contender,” Perkins said. “Hopefully, he will do what he got to do in terms of his contract extension. It’s a great opportunity. I’m happy for him. I’m not happy he is in the West, but I’m happy for him. His time was probably up in Boston. He did his due.
“He was cool, happy. He was excited. He’s going to a contender. He’s 29 [years old] so rebuilding is out of the question now.”
Son of a b-tch.
Some day I’ll learn not to trust what an athlete (or coach or general manager or politician or woman) says publicly.
