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Kendrick Perkins

Age 41 · USA · 208 cm (6'10") · 122 kg · Born Nov 10, 1984 · Clifton J. Ozen HS (TX)

5.4 PPG 5.8 RPG 1.0 APG 839 games 15 seasons
Kendrick Perkins

Career snapshot

15seasons
839games
4,559career pts
10.6PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Boston Celtics · 454 games · 2003-04–2010-11

Position rank · 2014-15

#55PPG rank
#53PER rank
#53WS rank
Among 66 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 10.1 2009-10 · BOS
RPG 8.1 2008-09 · BOS
APG 1.9 2017-18 · GCN
PER 15.0 2009-10 · BOS
WS 6.2 2007-08 · BOS

Draft

2003
Round 1 · Pick 27
from Clifton J. Ozen HS (TX)

Career by team

Cleveland Cavaliers
2014-15 – 2017-18 · 2 seasons
2.6 PPG 2.3 RPG 0.6 APG
18 games
Dreamland Gran Canaria
2017-18 – 2017-18 · 1 seasons
8.7 PPG 7.2 RPG 1.9 APG
27 games
New Orleans Pelicans
2015-16 – 2015-16 · 1 seasons
2.5 PPG 3.5 RPG 0.8 APG
37 games
Oklahoma City Thunder
2010-11 – 2014-15 · 5 seasons
4.2 PPG 5.8 RPG 1.0 APG
206 games
Boston Celtics
2003-04 – 2010-11 · 8 seasons
6.4 PPG 6.0 RPG 1.0 APG
454 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
2003-04 BOS 10 0 3.5 2.2 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 53.3 0.0 66.7 22.8 0.1
2004-05 BOS 60 3 9.1 2.5 2.9 0.4 0.2 0.6 47.1 0.0 63.8 11.2 0.7
2005-06 BOS 68 40 19.6 5.2 5.9 1.0 0.3 1.5 51.5 0.0 61.5 13.2 2.3
2006-07 BOS 72 53 21.9 4.5 5.2 1.3 0.3 1.3 49.1 0.0 60.0 9.5 1.4
2007-08 BOS 78 78 24.5 6.9 6.1 1.1 0.4 1.5 61.5 0.0 62.3 13.3 6.2
2008-09 BOS 76 76 29.6 8.5 8.1 1.3 0.3 2.0 57.7 0.0 60.0 13.2 5.6
2009-10 BOS 78 78 27.6 10.1 7.6 1.0 0.3 1.7 60.2 0.0 58.2 15.0 5.2
2010-11 OKC 17 17 25.2 5.1 7.9 0.9 0.4 0.9 49.3 0.0 53.1 9.1 0.4
2010-11 BOS 12 7 26.1 7.3 8.1 0.8 0.2 0.8 54.2 0.0 57.5 10.2 0.6
2010-11 NBA 29 24 25.6 6.0 8.0 0.9 0.3 0.9 51.5 0.0 55.6 — —
2011-12 OKC 65 65 26.8 5.1 6.6 1.2 0.4 1.1 48.9 0.0 65.2 8.7 2.0
2012-2013 OKC 11 0 19.1 2.2 3.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 26.3 0.0 100.0 — —
2013-14 OKC 62 62 19.5 3.4 4.9 1.1 0.4 0.5 45.1 0.0 55.2 6.3 0.8
2014-15 NBA 68 3 16.9 3.6 4.7 0.8 0.2 0.6 44.9 0.0 50.6 — —
2014-15 CLE 17 0 9.8 2.6 2.4 0.5 0.1 0.2 48.8 0.0 50.0 4.7 -0.2
2014-15 OKC 51 3 19.2 4.0 5.5 0.8 0.3 0.7 44.1 0.0 50.7 7.4 0.3
2015-16 NOP 37 5 14.6 2.5 3.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 53.3 0.0 44.0 6.0 -0.1
2017-18 CLE 1 0 15.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 8.4 0.0
2017-18 GCN 27 0 21.2 8.7 7.2 1.9 0.6 0.6 52.9 — 63.3 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 2017 New Orleans Pelicans Cleveland Cavaliers offseason From 2015-16 to 2017-18
Jul 2015 Cleveland Cavaliers New Orleans Pelicans season change
Jul 2015 Oklahoma City Thunder New Orleans Pelicans season change
Oct 2014 Cleveland Cavaliers Oklahoma City Thunder mid season trade From 2014-15 to 2014-15
Jul 2014 Oklahoma City Thunder Cleveland Cavaliers season change
Jul 2010 Boston Celtics Oklahoma City Thunder season change

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Born on November 10

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About Kendrick Perkins

Kendrick Le'Dale Perkins is an American former professional basketball player who serves as sports analyst for ESPN. He entered the NBA directly out of high school and played for the Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers and New Orleans Pelicans, winning the NBA Championship in 2008 with the Celtics.