They're both right; how about that?
I feel like it also bears acknowledging that Kendrick Perkins, "2 and 3" jabs notwithstanding, was an impact player on a team that won a championship, and went to the Finals twice in three years. Then he got injured and, while he was injured, the paradigm of the entire league shifted under his feet, and he didn't have the skillset to adjust, when he came back.
I feel like it also bears acknowledging that Kendrick Perkins, "2 and 3" jabs notwithstanding, was an impact player on a team that won a championship, and went to the Finals twice in three years. Then he got injured and, while he was injured, the paradigm of the entire league shifted under his feet, and he didn't have the skillset to adjust, when he came back.