This is an excellent illustration of the intangibles Kendrick Perkins brings to the Thunder. They would not be as good as they are without someone like him in the locker room. Stats do matter, but so does this stuff.

Kendrick Perkins soothes egos, resolves issues in Thunder locker room - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--kendrick-perkins-soothes-egos--resolves-issues-in-thunder-locker-room-071044932.html;_ylt=AnZOEQSCeYoJIfj1nSV3s2k5nYcB;_ ylu=X3oDMTRqaGRkYmphBG1pdANMSVNUUyBNaXhlZCBMaXN0IE ZQIEV4cGVydHMEcGtnAzk1ZjI4ZDNmLWUyNjctMzg2ZS1iZTc4 LTg4OGMyYmI2NjdmMARwb3MDMQRzZWMDTWVkaWFCTGlzdE1peG VkTFBDQVRlbXAEdmVyA2E1ZjRlZmMxLTNlZTItMTFlMi1iZjZm LTEyZWM3OWNjOGIyMw--;_ylg=X3oDMTFpNzk0NjhtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRw c3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3)

As a Perk critic, he has been playing much better the last few games also.