Perk interview
The Rodin of the Rebound
You all wouldn’t believe me if I told you, but the Crack Staff is getting a late start this morning because last night we spent a lovely evening chillin’ at the real Beast Lair with Perk and the lovely Vanity at their home. We broke bread, discussed all things Perk and basketball, and in general had a funkin’ great time with one of the all time coolest brothers on the planet.
We would like to thank Perk and Vanity for their hospitality and for giving us an evening to remember. Sorry readers, the whole evening was off the record. However I will pass along the following story:
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On our way out of the house we stopped by Perk’s garage where we saw a huge cardboard cutout of Perk. We mentioned that it was pretty cool and Perk said, “you want that? I got lots of em.’” So within about one second Beef Stallone is carrying this huge cardboard Perk out of the garage. I stupidly ask if it’s life size– It’s not. It’s actually about six-feet-tall. However, the question gives Perk an idea. He tells Beef Stallone to hold the poster up about a foot and a half off the ground so that it is his exact height. He stands there and looks at it for a second before saying.
“Damn, that’s big. I must be scaring people sometime with that,” he says before adding. “Shoot, I’m scaring myself.”
Perk, you’re the best.
But don’t dismay campers. For you we got the Perk interview from media day. It’s about eight minutes long and a lot of fun. Enjoy. And there’s lots more on the way in the coming days.
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September 29th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Awesome interview. Some of us have known all along that Perk is a beast and he is going to surprise a lot of people this season. Great that you got to spend time with him. He is not only a great center, but a great guy too!!! Perk is THE MAN!!
September 29th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
There is a reason we follow.
September 29th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Notice perkisabeast.com is still considered an expletive at CelticsFanBoy
September 29th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Now El Jefe’s followers want an explanation. Oh, we’ve got an explanation.
September 30th, 2007 at 5:43 am
Once again - nice going guys.
Fun watching the Perkolator wax philosophical.
But instead of 12 foot jumpers, I hope he is planted around the hoop for dunks, putbacks and offensive rebounds.
T
September 30th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Yeah. He will be. You should see how in shape he really is. Pretty incredible.
September 30th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
You can tell by his face. He looks really slimmed down. PERK IS A BEAST!!!
September 30th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Some more video, this time, from the League Office
September 30th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Sir, I would like to add that the first defense for libel and slander is truth. The second is fair comment. I think that petition is basically covered by both of those statutes.
October 1st, 2007 at 1:00 am
Geez, I was an original perkolator (ran Get Buckets Brigade) and never got to do anything that cool…
I’m ten kinds of jealous.
October 1st, 2007 at 10:31 am
That might have something to do with this?
October 1st, 2007 at 12:24 pm
We loved the get buckets brigade though.
October 1st, 2007 at 3:36 pm
We don’t know and we don’t really want to know. We think Celticsblog and Jeff Clark are doing a fine job with their coverage of the Boston Celtics. By the way, I think the Ramrod is called Machine now.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:05 pm
There’s no more Golden Banana, the Ramrod is called the machine…man all the classic Boston jokes are going down with the Combat District.
There’s something disconcerting about Celticsblog, I don’t know what it is, but I don’t like that site, never have. They’re ok for your average RealGM C’s fan, but not everyone.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Well The MACHINE is still a pretty funny name.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:18 pm
awesome. i’m speechless.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Beastly Monday links at TrueHoop:
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-28-113/Monday-Bullets.html
October 1st, 2007 at 6:26 pm
We’re like a real blog now. It only took a year.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:57 pm
[…] Nice respect from Garnett in Bulpett’s recent dispatch, which highlghts the incident we spoke to Perk about in our recent interview. Nice to hear from the other side. Perk also says he’s down to 264 pounds. “I respect that he was a competitor and he wasn’t able to be punked. He competed at a high level regardless of the situation. I’ve always respected the fact that Perk plays hard. When I’m competing, I don’t give two cents about too much. Coming in, I let him know I’ve always welcomed his competition. I’ve always enjoyed the matchup. But we’re teammates now, and when we compete (in practice), I care less about how we’re competing. If we get into it, it’s part of it. But at the same time, I told him, ‘I’m your teammate, and I’m here to help you.’ ” But the happy feelings don’t last long with Doc pulling the old Paul Silas move of selling his players down the river in the press. Hey dude, cut the crap. “I’m always on him about conditioning,” the coach said. “I thought he came into camp in average shape, and he should have been in great shape. I told him, ‘You’ve got family things you have to do, but you can still work out.’ But he’ll be fine. He’ll catch up with that. I thought he worked his butt off, and then he took two weeks off. That’s a long time to take off before camp, but that’s all right. Life happens, and you’ve just got to get over it.” Yeah, what dd he take those two weeks off for Doc? What a bunch of crap. Frankly, I’d expect more from a father than to stab a guy in the back for taking a couple weeks off to be with his kid. I’m so angry I’m going to email that quote to Doc’s wife just so she can take him to the woodshed for such gross insenstivity. Damn Doc, that’s twice you’ve crossed the beast lair and this season isn’t even started. […]