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Originally Posted by jimmywolfrey
Perkins couldn't beat out Blount or Jefferson or LaFrentz until the last few weeks before he got hurt. I think Perkins getting the playing time was more to do with Mark Blount's inability to pass the ball, play defense, not commit turnovers or rebound.
Perkins did it for a couple weeks at a good pace (not a great pace). West has done it ever since he got the concussion and missed one game. That was 30 games ago. He has averaged basically 15 points, 5 boards, 5 assists and 1 steal per game..shooting over 50% from the field and 40% 3's and has close to a 3 to 1 assist to turnover ratio.. since then. I do not think perkins put up consistently those types of numbers.
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Perk beat out all three of those about a month into the season. Then he started to see
some consistency in minutes.
Perk may not have given us a double double every night (although before he went down he did record a couple of them, I believe) but his play has been very consistent. He was the best low post defender last year and has only gotten better this year. His offense has come a
very long way from where it was.
Don't get me wrong, West has been a big surprise, but he's also played, as mentioned above, two times more per game.