SF Daequan Cook and C Nazr Mohammed are the only free agents heading into this summer for the Thunder. I think that Cook will likely come back the Thunder as long as the price isn’t too high. I think that Mohammed will get a decent offer somewhere else though, so the Thunder will have to either go with one of their young centers to backup Kendrick Perkins in 2011-12 or make a deal or sign a free agent to back him up. The Thunder head into this off-season with the team mostly intact and that’s a good thing.

The Thunder will be without 26-year old PG/SG Nate Robinson for the next 4-6 weeks after he had arthroscopic knee surgery yesterday. Robinson only played in 1 game for the Thunder working 8 minutes in which he scored 6 points, grabbed 1 rebound and he dished out 1 assist. It looks like the Celtics pulled a fast one on the Thunder by dealing them a pair of hurt players (Robinson & Kendrick Perkins) for a couple of healthy ones (Nenad Krstic & Jeff Green). That’s not too nice of them and I’m sure the other GMs around the league are taking note.

Newly acquired center Kendrick Perkins is going to miss the next 2-3 weeks due to a sprained MCL. This is a bad break for the Thunder but they still have Nazr Mohammed and Nick Collison to hold the fort until Perkins is ready to return to action. This would have been a big blow if the Thunder hadn’t picked up Mohammed in a deal at the trade deadline which makes me think that they knew Perkins was going to miss some time.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have acquired 33-year old center Nazr Mohammed from the Charlotte Bobcats for 24-year old power forward D.J. White and 33-year old small forward Morris Peterson. Mohammed played in 51 games (30 starts) for the Bobcats this season and he averaged 16.7 minutes, 7.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. He has now played in 747 games (333 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 17.9 minutes, 6.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. Mohammed will back up Kendrick Perkins at center the rest of the season and I think he will do a good job.

D.J. White played in 23 games (0 starts) for the Thunder this season and he averaged 9.5 minutes, 2.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game. White played in 42 games (0 starts) in three years with the Thunder and he averaged 10.7 minutes, 4.4 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game on 51.9% shooting from the floor. Mo Peterson has played in 4 games (0 starts) for the Thunder this season and he averaged 5.8 minutes, 1.0 point, 0.8 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game.

I really like this deal for the Bobcats who are pushing all of their chips to the middle of the table.

The Thunder have acquired 26-year old center Kendrick Perkins and 26-year old guard Nate Robinson from the Celtics for 24-year old power forward Jeff Green and 27-year old center Nenad Krstic. Perkins played in 12 games (7 starts) for the Celtics this season and he averaged 26.1 minutes, 7.3 points, 8.1 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. He has now played in 454 games (335 starts) in his first 8 years in the NBA and he is averaging 22.3 minutes, 6.4 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 1.4 blocked shots per game. Perkins will move right into the starting lineup at center to add toughness and rebounding. Nate Robinson will provide instant offense off the bench. He played in 55 games (11 starts) for the Celtics this season and he was averaging 17.9 minutes, 7.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. Robinson has now played in 393 games (72 starts) in his NBA career and he is averaging 23.1 minutes, 11.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.

Jeff Green played in 49 games (all starts) for the Thunder this season and he is averaging 37.0 minutes, 15.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. Green played in 289 games (261 starts) in his first four years in the NBA and he is averaging 34.5 minutes, 14.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. Green is what he is, a decent offensive player who’s not a tough guy under the basket which is what the Thunder really need out of their power forward. Serge Ibaka will replace him in the starting lineup and the Thunder will be better for it. Nenad Krstic played in 47 games (all starts) for the Thunder this season and he was averaging 21.7 minutes, 7.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. Krstic played in 169 games (152 starts) in his three years with the Thunder and he averaged 23.1 minutes, 8.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.

I really like this trade for the Thunder as Perkins is going to give them a tough guy at center to team with new starter Serge Ibaka at power forward.