The Pelicans are filling out the end of their bench and bolstering their frontcourt depth around Anthony Davis. ESPN.com’s Marc Stein reports that New Orleans is finalizing a one-year minimum deal with veteran center Kendrick Perkins:
ESPN sources say Pelicans are finalizing a deal tonight with free agent center Kendrick Perkins
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 21, 2015
Hearing it's a one-year veteran minimum deal for Kendrick Perkins to join the New Orleans frontcourt
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 21, 2015
This is strictly a signing for the locker-room presence. Perkins has proven over the last few years that he doesn’t have much left in the tank beyond a few hard fouls, and he has Omer Asik and Alexis Ajinca ahead of him in the rotation in New Orleans.
