Cavs Sign Center Kendrick Perkins For Remainder Of Season

The Cleveland Cavaliers are bringing back familiar face Kendrick Perkins for the postseason run, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Perkins last played in the NBA in 2016 for the New Orleans Pelicans. In thirty-seven games with New Orleans, he averaged 2.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.

The Cavaliers are signing 13-year NBA vet Kendrick Perkins with final roster spot for playoffs, league sources tell @Mcten and me. Perkins played part of season at G League affiliate after Cavs released him in preseason.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 10, 2018

Perkins was with the Cavs during their 2015 Finals run, putting up an average of 2.6 points and 2.4 rebounds in only seventeen appearances for Cleveland. Perkins only played in eight playoff games for roughly four minutes a night.