Kendrick Perkins | Center | #21 Team: Cleveland Cavaliers Age / DOB: (33) / 11/10/1984 Ht / Wt: 6'10' / 270 College: None Drafted: 2003 / Rd. 1 (27) / MEM Share: Tweet

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The Cavs have waived Kendrick Perkins. Perkins was picked up during Cleveland's postseason run to serve as an emergency depth guy, but with the Cavs likely going into a rebuilding phase, there's no incentive to keep him around. Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter

The Cavs will pick up Kendrick Perkins' $2.5 million team option for 2018-19, with the intent of packaging him in a trade. Cleveland can still waive Perkins if he isn't traded, so this just gives them financial flexibility if they need to match salaries for a big fish. It's indicative of their desire to add a big-name player to lure LeBron James back to Cleveland. Source: ESPN.com

Kendrick Perkins got into a shouting match with Drake on the way to the locker room at halftime on Tuesday, and then got into another exchange of words with the rapper after the game. "What happened was I was talking to my old teammate Serge (Ibaka) walking into halftime telling him 'We about to win this game,' and Drake butted in talking [stuff] to me," Perkins texted to ESPN after the game. "So I said something back to him." In case you missed it, Perk is on the Cavaliers playoff roster, but wasn't active for tonight's game. Perkins' basketball game isn't worth much these days, but he's not a guy most human beings should be picking a fight with, in our opinion. Source: Ardrian Wojnarowski on Twitter